Wife said Croatia !

I am an American, although I like to think of myself as the citizen of the word. I did lots of traveling; at first with buddy Eric, but than I got married... and, well You can imagine what my life became. Anyway, my better half has the great sense for planning things. So she did. She planned our first trip to Europe together.
I’ve visited Europe, but never went to Croatia and she wanted to go precisely to that tiny nowhere country. O no, not Italy, not France or Spain, just Croatia!?
 I wanted to show her the world and she picked the place I’ve never seen or even heard about. Hence, I left her to take care of every detail about our journey. I knew something must go wrong; the plane will land nowhere, none will wait at the airport, or the lodging will be some rabbit hole or worse! It is not that I’m distrustful, I just know my wife and knew nothing of Croatia!
So I did some learning; it has 500.000 bed in a private accommodation and it makes half of it’s tourist offer. Annually, private lodging reaches 19 millions of staying which is over one third of all. Not bad for such a small country! It also has about 250.000 vacation houses along the coast and probably another million beds for clandestine rent. There are 637 hotels, but my wife decided to be romantic and found us an apartment by the sea. To despite her, I decided that we will stay in that apartment even if it turns out to be an actual rabbit hole with live rabbits in it. And it turned out that I was a complete ass! Not only allegorical, but the real one. Forgive me, my dear! Lead by my cynicism, my dearest brought everything with us; from needle to sheets and towels. So I found us on Croatian airport with the countless number of suitcases filled with rocks. We almost brought a gallon of water in case they don’t have it. I suggested a small generator, but I gain the coldest look ever.
Luckily, the host waited for us. He was pleasant and helpful and took us, not kidding, to paradise. It turned out that the sheets and towels were whiter and scented than those of my sweetheart, sorry, darling. The apartment was cozy and pretty. It had everything; satellite TV, fridge, microwave, washing-machine, dishwasher, air-condition and the most beautiful sight on the world. Everything was nearby; the store, restaurant, beach, or nightclub. I feel that this place gave us the freedom and ability to get acquainted with Croatia and its residents in a closest manner. I can’t tell You enough about the places and things we saw and experienced! But the best part was returning to our apartment, sitting down the terrace with a cold drink, listening the sound of the sea and smelling the salt in the soft warm air. And yes, not only that they have water, they drink it from the pipe. I did, and not only that I survived, I even feel more alive.

Thank you, my dearest!

Author: Anthony Goodway