Postsana-maria in # actifit • 7 mo. ago • 1 min readI'm back with my today's short Sunday winter walkI just realized, I didn't post a thing for almost a whole year. It didn't feel that long. However, today I had to go to the market. Although it was Sunday, it worked but only during morning hours. Of course, my Bella accompanied me on the way. I really like those open markets of ours even when they are semi full like on Sundays.…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 4 min readMy Farm/Cottage Story: Why & Starting PointThis story started last spring, somewhere at the beginning of May, when my younger son came home for a couple of weeks, and I finally decided to make my move. It's been almost 27 years since my dad passed away, and when I inherited a piece of land with a small cottage from him in the northern continental part of the country. He gave me the…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readZagreb in the rainRainy days are also part of life. Yeah, I know! We all like taking sunny, shiny photos with vivid colors and beautiful blue skies. I'm not any different. But then, I thought, why not record that rainy part of life too!? And here it is, my city, Zagreb, in the rain. Zagreb's European Square, wet and empty. It's more or less the same…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 1 min readCastle Trakoscan - CroatiaJust to share a couple of photos from Trakoscan (Trakošćan) Castle. It was a nice day trip with my nephew, who arrived from Canada with his girlfriend to visit the family and explore the country of his ancestors. We went through the inside of the 🏰 where everything is as at the time when its last owners lived…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readFestival of Lights - Spectacular Show on The City StreetsThe Festival of Lights 2024 in Zagreb (Croatia) opened this Wednesday (March 20th), but we didn't have time to visit it before yesterday. Of 29 installations around the city, we managed to visit only nine, and it took us almost three hours of walking around, watching those light shows, and, of course, taking photos. 😉 We started our…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 3 min readCrazy Busy Day With a Lot of "Jumping"It was a crazy day, crazy busy! The whole show actually started two days ago, in the afternoon, when we were returning home. My husband was driving. Suddenly, something began to bang and scrape so noisily that it seemed the car would fall apart. It was too late in the afternoon, and our repairman was no longer working. We agreed my husband would…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readThe Change of Spring is Knocking on The Door, But The Bureaucrats Stay the SameSpring is knocking on the door, and the magnolia blossomed. It was yesterday. The day was pretty hot and mostly sunny. While the others were happily walking around, we were running from one office to another, from one public institution to another, from one notary public to another. Yeah, for just one simple and more or less…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readContinuing My Last Week Wednesday Walk in the Zagreb's City CenterMy (dog) Bella was very happy today with my determination to walk with her until I reached the 5K activity count, to be able to share with you the photos I actually took last Wednesday. My last Wednesday's walking photo story stopped in the middle of the Zagreb's main square, in front of the monument to ban Josip Jelacic (Jelačić).…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readIdyllic Sceneries in Zagreb's Park MaksimirFinally, snow ❄️ in the city! I was so happy this morning when I woke up and through the window saw the branches of the tree in front of our building full of snow ❄️. Soon after, my daughter called and said, Let's go to Maksimir! What a wonderful idea! Maksimir is Zagreb's largest park and the dearest one to me with…ana-maria in # actifit • 2 yr. ago • 2 min readWednesday Night Walk in the Zagreb's CenterToday, during our regular evening walk with Bella, we decided to make a larger circle around the city center, but I started shooting when we arrived at European Square. In contrast to the Christmas atmosphere shown in my last Actifit post a couple of weeks ago, today, the square was way less crowded, and without dozens of booths that were…ana-maria in # news • 3 yr. ago • 2 min readGlobal Warming?!In the middle of global warming, "extreme cold" with "breaking a 25-year record ... for the coldest January night." - How come?!ana-maria in # actifit • 3 yr. ago • 1 min readChristmas in Zagreb (by day)Christmas in Zagreb is actually quite fun. Officially, it's called Advent Zagreb, and this year lasts from December 2nd, 2023, till January 7th, 2024. (So, you still have the time to come and experience it by yourself.) 😉 The photos I want to share with you, I actually took a week ago, or to be precise, two days before Christmas…ana-maria in # actifit • 3 yr. ago • 2 min readFinally, I reached 5,000 Activity CountThere were some things I should do in the city center today. One of those was visiting the bank, but they pissed me there so much that I was incapable of doing almost anything. I wanted to take some photos of the Advent atmosphere and some sort of Christmas fair in the city, but I didn't. My brain was still playing the episode with two lazy and…ana-maria in # actifit • 3 yr. ago • 1 min readNo WayEarly in the morning, a couple of days ago, while my husband was taking our dog for a walk, a car stopped near. A young driver lowered the car window and spoke to my husband. My husband was expecting the question like where is this or that street but certainly not the one the guy asked. "Would you like to sell me your dog?" At first…ana-maria in # news • 3 yr. ago • 1 min readJournalist Who Blamed U.S. For Nord Stream Blast - LIVE NOWJournalist Who Blamed U.S. For Nord Stream Blast - LIVE NOWana-maria in hive-193552 • 3 yr. ago • 1 min readEvening Wednesday Walk to Zagreb's Upper Town & HivePUDMy husband and I took a longer walk around the city, including the Upper Town. From the main square, through some narrow streets and up the stairs to the old Upper Town. The dog was very curious about what was on the other side of the fence. 😁 Then we approached the upper station of Zagreb's famous funicular. It was the…ana-maria in hive-193552 • 3 yr. ago • 3 min readNight Walk & My Four Biggest Issues With ActifitI'm not a sports person, or at least not anymore. At my younger age (that time is called now "once upon a time"), 😁 I was playing volleyball. First for my school team, and afterward for the best and the most prestigious team in the country at the time. In short, back then I was quite into sports, and I wasn't that bad at all. But…ana-maria in hive-193552 • 4 yr. ago • 2 min readGreat Meal In The Historic Town TrogirTrogir is a small town in Dalmacia, on the central Croatian coast, very near Split. It's whole historic center has been put on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites because of its well preserved Venetian style architecture. The town, in fact, lies on a small island, on its southern side connected with island Čiovo by drawbridge while on the…ana-maria in hive-193552 • 4 yr. ago • 2 min readJust Walking Around Diocletian's city & 10K Activity CountIt was yesterday, in Split (Croatia). It was a very busy day for us with lots of things on our "to do list." Split is the largest city on the Croatian coast. It's an old town that dates from Roman times in which Emperor Diocletian built his palace that through 1700 long history turned into the city. Therefore Emperor Diocletian is considered as…ana-maria in hive-193552 • 4 yr. ago • 1 min readNight Walk Around The CityIt was yesterday evening. We took our dog 🐕 out for a evening walk and decided to go to city center. The main square appeared more or less empty to us. Not surprised! It's mid August and believe it or not half of the town are on vacation, mostly somewhere along the country shore. It was also hard to hear domestic language. We…
