Waiting

These last couple days I have spent most of my time in the police station due to my need to check in. Though after standing in line for over 2 hours my host mother, Kristina, and I were told my host father, Drazen, needed to be there. So we returned home and went for a bike ride in the beautiful park not 5 mins away from my skyscraper. The park is beautiful and contains 5 small lakes which we biked to all of. Today we returned to the police station and waited another hour and a half for me to receive permission to live in Croatia for the first 3 months after which I will be receiving my student visa. Later today I will be walking around town with Petra, Marta's friend, and another girl who will go to my school. Also tonight is my first rotary meeting which I am very excited for because it means more information.

First Days

       So I have arrived in Croatia safe and unharmed. The flights were relatively long and boring, not much sleep was had and many tears were shed. After I was picked up by my wonderful host mother, father, and brothers Filip 12 and Jakoff 4, I was brought to my new flat on the 15th floor of a skyscraper located 5 minutes away from the center of Zagreb. After unpacking and eating we went to the center with a 17 year old girl named Petra who lives in our building. The city is beautiful it has a sort of Italian flair to it, though it is still war torn and is painted with graffiti it is still wonderful to look at and very beautiful. My time spent here has been overwhelming so far but learning the language, which Filip is helping me do, and beginning school should help to regulate my life here. The next day we visited the zoo which is the largest and nicest in this part of Europe. Many people travel here from out of the country, though we would consider it a medium or smaller zoo. It is located inside a park one three islands in a very small lake. The more I do the better my days go.