Marina: I think the sitting fee is a common “foreigners’ tax” on the coast in the summer months. We didn’t notice it much when we arrived in April and haven’t noticed it this month either.

Kim: It always feels so good to know that people enjoy reading the blog. Sometimes we feel disconnected from home and family, which is the hardest part about being here; this really helps us let everyone know what we are doing here and it is always great to hear from people.

Nomadic Neil: I agree that some of the things I see as negative can be seen as positive too (which is why I said some things belong on my frustration’s and my favorite’s list). And no matter how good I know it is for me to walk everywhere, sometimes it is hard to break old habits of just wanting to jump in a car and arrive quickly. Some days I absolutely love it though. That’ll be my next blog post: the things I love about here!

Paula: I’m so proud of us! And I definitely don’t ever forget about all the advantages of living here.

Kyky: Thanks for the shopping tips. We will definitely check out these stores when we are on a bus trek out that way some day. They are so close, yet so far away.

It’s interesting that some of the things that you find it difficult to cope with are what others would consider positive.

High taxes, but then it’s not the most indebted country in the world as the USA is.

Shops aren’t always open which means people in the service industry and retail aren’t forced to work unsocial hours.

People walk and cycle to shops and aren’t the most obese people in the world or the heaviest polluters per person.

It seems that a lot of what you have come to expect living in the US are actual unsustainable practices that most of the world does without.

Life moves at a more relaxed pace, then again people in the US take the most prescription drugs for stress, anxiety and depression.

Great blog by the way, really ambitious of you to up sticks and move to Croatia!