Hrvatski

Dobro Večer. The past few days have been a whirlwind of figuring things out, and thinking we've figured things out and being totally wrong...aka getting lost A LOT on the tram. Good news though we made it back tonight from our new apartment to the place we have been staying, no problems! Yeah, that's right we have apartments! We are so excited to have found apartments and  very close to one another. We should be able to move in soon. All of us girls have realized we have gotten a little spoiled living here with what we like to call our Croatian parents, Jadranka and Vito. They definitely spoil us with food and teaching us lots of Hrvatski (Croatian). Jadranka has become more and more like our mother here, today she told us to learn at least 10 new words before she came home and then she would check us on them,  which she of course did! 


I don't think we can stress the patience and good naturedness of the people here enough. We are very much like little children and taking 3 to 5 little kids with you everywhere is never easy. But, everyone has been wonderful and so encouraging. At first everyone told us that Hrvatski is so difficult and we should just help them practice English and speak that, but we have been as persistent as possible and they now love to hear our attempts and are so encouraging. Don't worry, we're still pretty terrible but we are improving day by day. Our newest find as you will see below is a picture dictionary and a children's book in Croatian and English so we can practice and learn new words. Yes, this involved strange looks and lots of laughs from our new friends when we asked to visit the library and headed straight for the children's section. 

So..we are learning. We are getting better and through the process we are making great friends and are thankful for every minute.