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Spica: Meeting a Friend for Coffee, in Zagreb!
We're currently enjoying a brilliant weekend in Split where our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter have flown to from Rome to join us -- it's very hot here, so we get to the beach early, have a good swim, then pick up a variety of delicious pastries to eat with coffee back home. After a reasonable siesta during the hot afternoon hours, we head out for another swim, some exploring, and then the delightfully difficult task of choosing a place for dinner. Only one more day together, though, so I can only spare a few minutes for blogging, and I thought I'd share the photos Pater took of Dottoressa and I enjoying coffee together last Saturday morning -- participating in and observing Zagreb's social ritual, spica, where friends meet to catch up on news, to share a coffee, and, it seems, to enjoy being dressed up and to observe the latest styles.
Back in November 2015, Dottoressa wrote a guest post here about coffee in Croatia, and if you haven't already read it, she's much more knowledgeable than I am on the topic. As well, in quickly pulling this post together, wanting to check my terms, I found a series of posts tagged "spica" from an online English-language newsletter, Croatia Week -- they'll give you a good sense of the importance of style and fashion to this Saturday morning tradition. All I could add to these two sources is my enthusiastic agreement -- In the hour we spent people-watching, chatting, and drinking our coffees (Paul had a cappuccino -- he's very impressed with the quality of the foamed milk, especially, here, and the espresso base is excellent; Dottoressa and I had kava sa slagom -- espresso topped with whipped cream), I saw as many beautifully dressed women (of a wide variety of ages) as I've ever seen in any hour spent people-watching in Paris. (To learn more about Fashion in Zagreb, read Dottoressa's 2016 guest post on Lisa's blog, "A Personal History of Fashion in Zagreb.)
I know you'd love to hear more about my time with our Croatian friend, but a certain tiny Italian speaker (she's been working on helping Granddad pronounce Per favore correctly -- girl can really roll her rrrr's!) will be waking up soon, and when she does, I'd better have my bathing suit on. . . Chat soon, okay?
Back in November 2015, Dottoressa wrote a guest post here about coffee in Croatia, and if you haven't already read it, she's much more knowledgeable than I am on the topic. As well, in quickly pulling this post together, wanting to check my terms, I found a series of posts tagged "spica" from an online English-language newsletter, Croatia Week -- they'll give you a good sense of the importance of style and fashion to this Saturday morning tradition. All I could add to these two sources is my enthusiastic agreement -- In the hour we spent people-watching, chatting, and drinking our coffees (Paul had a cappuccino -- he's very impressed with the quality of the foamed milk, especially, here, and the espresso base is excellent; Dottoressa and I had kava sa slagom -- espresso topped with whipped cream), I saw as many beautifully dressed women (of a wide variety of ages) as I've ever seen in any hour spent people-watching in Paris. (To learn more about Fashion in Zagreb, read Dottoressa's 2016 guest post on Lisa's blog, "A Personal History of Fashion in Zagreb.)
I know you'd love to hear more about my time with our Croatian friend, but a certain tiny Italian speaker (she's been working on helping Granddad pronounce Per favore correctly -- girl can really roll her rrrr's!) will be waking up soon, and when she does, I'd better have my bathing suit on. . . Chat soon, okay?
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