{"id":1688,"date":"2018-07-10T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2020-10-14T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:23:24","slug":"we-all-love-a-semi-give-your-date-one-with-these-great-facts-about-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/we-all-love-a-semi-give-your-date-one-with-these-great-facts-about-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"We all love a semi; some facts about Croatia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1691 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.youvepulled.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Croatia-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the England v Croatia semi-final game looming, we thought you might find some facts about Croatia useful!<\/p>\n<p>Impress your partner by saying \u201cI love you\u201d in Croatian &#8211; \u201cVolim te\u201d. (Probably not the best idea if you\u2019re on a first date though!).<\/p>\n<p>Put a spark into the conversation by telling them Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>Dubrovnik was known as the \u201cAdriatic Pearl\u201d in the early 19th century and was a filming location for \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d King\u2019s Landing and Star Wars &#8211; certainly somewhere to visit if you holiday together!<\/p>\n<p>Croatians had their own alphabet from the 12<sup>th<\/sup> to the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. The Glagolitic alphabet was preserved only by Croats. Why not write a secret note for them to decode? 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