Me and my new mates

Dancing on Hvar

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August 30th 2006
Hi all, Be warned what follows is a novel! I wrote it so that when I am cold and miserable in Dunedin's winter I can remember, in great detail the wonderful time I had on Hvar Island, Croatia. Wednesday 30 August. After lunch Jeff and I started drinking beer, playing cards and discussing the meaning of life, as you do, when you are on an extended vacation on an island paradise. Jeff, bles ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more