For these two days I have been in Zagreb in Croatia. The weather is very hot although I dont feel so uncomfortable with the dry climate. Zagreb is very tiny cosy place. An hour walking is enough to cover the whole old town area. There are many cafes around the narrow streeets along the main square, where people sit down in deep and drink milk coffee, chatting with friends.
　Unlike my expectation, people are much more like continental europe, not so meditoranian like italian, though people appalently seemed to be more lade-back than the people in Germany and Ausutia.
　Yesterday I met two Croatian students, Maja-san and Kamelija-san who study at the Japanese Department at Zagreb University. Both students are very knowledgeable about Japan. It is always inspiring to exchange a conversation with foreign students who study about Japan.
　Maja-san, who spent one year in Japan through scholarship program, had a good command of Japanese and seemed to like Japanese literature. I was surprised to hear that she liked the novel “Sunano Onna” written by Abe koubou. It found out that we spent talking together over 6hours. I like this kind of conversation, which looked like the so-called salon.
　Kamelija san even offered the guide around city today. It was unexpected to hear that Croatia had been at odds with Slovenia. Slovenian people envy the fact that Croatia occupys almost all coast in Adria sea whears Croatian people envy that Slovenia people got richer shortly and got the position in EU.
　Anyway, I am going to Split and Dubrovnik tomorrow. Meeting the people living in the place is always fascinating!