Croatia is coming to an end ....

.... just in time for me to experience the end of the British summer .....

So this time I'm going to tell you things about Croatia that I didn't know before I got here. 

The Mayor of Split is planning to build a statue on top of the mountain - that looks like the one of Christ in Rio.  The story here is that his outstretched arms will point you towards the hotel in one direction and the shopping mall in the other - both of which he owns .....

In rural areas or in traditional families, the protocol at your wedding reception is to stand for the Croatian National Anthem and then say Grace before starting the meal.

The Croatian for "cream" is "slag".

A mistranslation on one of our pieces of paper made bureaucrats into biro-crats ...

The annual recorded rainfall for this area has increased since I've been here.  Perhaps this was arranged to make me feel at home?

So much packed into just one week ...

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So last week ended with my return to the UK for a wedding.  Now I'm under strict instructions that there will be no wedding photos, no mentions, no stories, all very "if I told you, I'd have to kill you" - so just a couple of photos - anonymous wedding cakes (carrot cake and coffee and walnut cake) and a picture of me (sorry).

 

Then off to Spalding for the weekend to see mum and to go to the cheap outlet shops - except wasn't in the mood to shop so that took the thirty minutes between the two buses! 

Went back to London just in time for the riots - very quiet in our postcode - except for the sirens rushing up and down the street - but they do they normally so not much difference.  I hadn't realised how many people I know are living in Hackney ...

And then back out here, Croatia.  Two more weeks and then back to London and job hunting. again.

The drama is now trailing on the tv - it's called Ruza Vjetrova, which means "Wind Rose" or "Rose in the Wind".  http://www.rtl.hr/televizija/programi/serije/ruza-vjetrova/.  The TX date is soon - and the press launch is next weekend so have to dress up!

"Bishaash" (the Bangladesh drama) starts to transmit again on BTV at the beginning of September.

Lunch time today, Saturday, brought the sad news that Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier, along with their driver and two production staff, were killed in a vehicle collision.  Tareque's wife, the artist Dhali Al Mamum and his wife Dilara Zaman, along with two more production staff, were all being treated in a Dhaka hospital.  Tareque and his team were responsible for Bangladesh's most recent international success, the Cannes award winning Matir Moina (Clay Bird).  Obviously tragic for their families and friends - and also devastating for the tv and film industry in Bangladesh.