Having a discussion with my big brother about Spanish time and how it seems to run more slowly than in the UK or, perhaps, more quickly, such that everyone is always late and everything takes ages to happen. Not sure what is going on, but things are always slow. We agreed that Croatian time is also like this.
When we started the Kulturni Program, they told us that one thing we needed to be aware of in Croatian culture is that everyone is always late, but that because our programme is so tight, we are only allowed to be five minutes late, maximum.
Apparently, according to my Mama, there is an 'academic quarter' in Croatia, which allows lecturers to be 15 minutes late at all times, although the students must always be on time. It seems that the relaxed timings in Croatia are also hierarchical - you must earn the privilege to be late.
Well there we are, this is my latest on Croatian culture.
the random ponderings of an ordinary person
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