silver462
American looking for information about Croatia
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Lives in wallace
Registration: 22 February 2014
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Introduction - Moving from U.S. to Istrian Pennsylvania by mgelpi
Hi Everyone! My wife and I are from the New Orleans area. I recently took an early retirement. Our plan is take advantage of a window of time where our children are all out of the nest, and no grandchildren on the foreseeable horizon. We ...
Ho far is it from Pula ? Read More
Introduction - Moving from U.S. to Istrian Pennsylvania by mgelpi
Hi Everyone! My wife and I are from the New Orleans area. I recently took an early retirement. Our plan is take advantage of a window of time where our children are all out of the nest, and no grandchildren on the foreseeable horizon. We ...
Do you mind me asking what was the cost per month ? Sounds like a great location ! Was it furnished ? Did it have wifi in the building ? I don't know why but I liked the atmosphere in Pula a lot, maybe not as much to offer as some other places ... Read More
U.S. Retiree Moving to Croatia - residency length and length of stay by mgelpi
We are two retired couples moving from New Orleans area to Istrian Penninsula, probably Pula. We ar currently visiting looking for apartments but also checked with police station on long term residency requirements. We learned that when we ...
I hadn't heard you couldn't renew the Residency permit, actually I had heard very easy to renew but with Croatia now fully in EU there may have been changes. Most Americans I know ( suprizingly not a lot) look at buying a small place and ... Read More
How expensive is Croatia?What about social life? by tango15
Hello, I just read your post - I'm currently living in the U.S. near San Francisco in Sonoma County. I visited Croatia several years ago and fell in love with the beauty and good living. Where in Croatia have you settled? I stayed on Korcula ...
Compared to northern California Croatia is not expensive, except if you are renting short term in high tourist season. Food is cheaper and much better quality than one would generally find in California, and if you rent a bit outside tourist ... Read More
Split or Istria Region (Pula,Rovinj) by Hownwen
We are arriving in Croatia, October 2017 from California. We hope to stay a minimum of 3 years. Our plan is a home base for traveling Europe (travel one week every month). Initially we were drawn to Split, but now concerned about the distance and ...
I was just in Pula and Rijeka ( Fiume in Italian). I cant imagine a safer place, and definitely not in most of America. I agree about Split , as a "home base" it is too far from other parts of Croatia let alone other parts of Europe. I ... Read More
Introduction - Moving from U.S. to Istrian Pennsylvania by mgelpi
Hi Everyone! My wife and I are from the New Orleans area. I recently took an early retirement. Our plan is take advantage of a window of time where our children are all out of the nest, and no grandchildren on the foreseeable horizon. We ...
Yes on internet mainly find vacation rentals, and unless you read Croatian very hard to find longer term rentals via the internet. Basically I think two choices- either be in Croatia and ask a Croatian to help- people in Istria usually will always ... Read More