Exploding Gecko

Can I just say I love my job?  How can you not love a job where you routinely get to travel to such awesome places as Zagreb, Croatia?  This city is so cool, I’m not really sure how to describe it.  Everything is so laid back, you can walk everywhere (I’ve only been in a car twice so far, and once was to get to the hotel from the airport), there are trees and grass along almost every main street, parks are everywhere, and small shops and cafes/pubs/resteraunts dot the whole city.  And then there are the people.

Last night, after POTUS and SECSTATE had gone wheels up a group of us EOD types decided to go out, explore the city (I should say explore it a bit more since we all tried to get out during the week as much as the mission allowed) and maybe share a drink.  During our revels we met a pair of locals named Zdravka (it took ma about 10 minutes to learn to pronounce that correctly…silly American!) and Sandra who stayed with us for the rest of the evening and talked with us about a variety of subjects including Croatian food (Zagreb Steak = thin beef steak wrapped around stuffing, bacon and cheese…soooooo goooood) and the similarities and differences in certain Croatian modern folk songs (your wife dies/leaves you and you lose your house)  and American country music (your wife leaves you, the dog dies, and you lose your truck).  It was a great evening and the end to a fantastic trip, one that I’m certain I will remember with happiness the rest of my life.  So if you every get the chance to travel to Croatia make sure you get to Zagreb, talk to some of the local folks and have a Zagreb Steak for me, you won’t regret it!

P.S. - Check out some of the pics of local landmarks in the photo album.

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