Similar language, similar architecture

I love traveling and Croatia is the best place to travel to of all the Balkan, and the middle Europe as well. Every weekend I take my books and go somewhere else to explore new things. First week I have traveled to Split, next was Zadar, then Trieste and Venice, and last week i went to Sarajevo and I adore it! People are so nice, too, and everybody speaks good English.

FIRST VACATION, THEN ERASMUS

I come from Slovakia, Bratislava and I have been to Croatia a lot of times, but only visiting islands and coast, and that was one of the main reasones why I chose Croatia. I was already familiar with the way of living or at least I thought so. When I came to Zagreb I was surprised, the city was completely different than I expected it to be - at least the architecture was. I was naive and thought it will be the mediterranean architecture, however it is Viennese architecture. Since Vienna is only one hour by car from Bratislava, I feel almost like I am at home.

What is fascinating about Zagreb is that there are plenty of cafes, and everybody drink a lot of coffee. Everywhere is great deal of people even in the evening hours, which is the great difference between Bratislava and Zagreb. In my hometown, even if it is the capital city, bakeries are closing at 18:00 and people after 21:00 just sit at home. Here they enjoy walking through the streets, coffee and atmosphere of this beautiful city with a lots of monuments.

When we talk about university there is a great difference between my home university and University in Zagreb. There is a hosting lecturer from Oxford here in Zagreb, that wouldn’t happen in Bratislava, or it didn’t happen yet. The approach of lecturers is different too. We have a lot of readings for every class, everybody have to make a paper on specific topic, do the presentation and then final exams vary, it is oral one or discussion or written exam or case study. In Slovakia we have mostly only oral exams at the end of the course, no constant assignments.

INTERESTED IN LAW

The main reason why I chose Zagreb were subjects at the Law faculty, I find especially interesting the ones concerning European Union law, International law and at least but not last Law clinic - where we can help citizens in their legal dilemmas.

Some of the subjects are under supervision of European Commission like Jean Monnet module subjects and there are Unesco chairs subjects too.

One of the biggest advantages of my stay in Zagreb is that I can learn a new language, because Croatian is similar to Slovak, and I have already basic knowledge, so I hope I will get better.