I visited Split for the first time in 2020, when I barely had any money in my account and couldn’t even imagine that my story with Croatia was just beginning. I had heard my grandmother talk about this city countless times. Almost all of my great-grandparents came from the Dalmatian…
Croatia and The Journey of Returning to a Land That’s Not Mine
When I arrived in Croatia in 2020 through the Croaticum program, I thought I would visit the land of my grandparents, and, with some luck, maybe meet distant relatives. However, the pandemic marked a turning point for me, one that was not only geographical but also spiritual. With a return…