This would be my introduction post!!

Hello Steemit community! My name is Ivan, I am 33 years old and live in Šibenik, Croatia and yes it is the town where parts of the 5th season of Game of Thrones where filmed. Šibenik is a small town on the Adriatic coast placed in central Dalmatia, with huge historical significance and for a long time was of the map. I am a Šibenik native but was not born here in Croatia. I grew up in Germany, went to school there, up to the 7th grade. During the late 90s after Croatia's independence , family decided move back to the old country. I have two brothers, one of them @alktoni is on Steemit for some time now and he was the one who told me all about Steemit and gave me a few tips on how to start.

Behind me is Skradinski buk one of the waterfalls in Krka National Park. Does not look like much,because of drought last summer, over four months of no rain.

For the last 2 years I am working or trying to work as a licensed tour guide in Croatia. I am fluent in german, english and croatian. Being a tour guide is a pretty good job, you get to share your knowledge, travel and meet a lot of interesting people and the pay isn't that bad either. Working as a tour guide has also its down sides, it is a seasonal job so you work only for a few months out of the year. In the last few year Croatia is one of the worlds hit holiday destinations and good german and english speaking guides are in high demand, at least that's what I am told. My german is pretty good maybe even excellent, I`am what you call a native speaker but my german writing……….. not so good, one would say. To get an edge in the tourism game here in my country I even took part in online find local guide sites like Showaround and Private guide world, but so far no luck from online gigs, maybe next season.

Coffee break a big big thing here in the Mediterranean.

A background in archaeology is also a big help. I have a bachelor's degree in Archaeology from the university in Zadar and I`am about to finish my masters, only one exam and a theses shy of a new title. My field of interest is the so called croatian national archaeology the dark ages or late antiquity/early middle ages, which are the defining centuries of the early croatian state and nation, but maybe I will try to explain a little about croatian history in future writings, no need to bore you all with that now. I do not intend to write about archaeology here to be honest it is pretty boring subject for most people (and I speak from experience here most go to a happy place when I start japing) and only a few geeks like me share the same enthusiasm for human artifacts or even skeletons dug up out the ground. Field archaeology has absolutely nothing to do with Indiana Jones, it is pretty much a lot of digging, measuring and drawing and takes a long long time for any results :-)

What I would like to do here on Steemit would be some sort of travel guide/blog of Croatia, at least i hope it will evolve to one. A guide with tips from a local mainly about my hometown #Šibenik , the surrounding major cities like Split and Zadar where I went to university. Even smaller unknown of the map and not so mainstream tourist spots you can or would like to visit on your next holiday trip to Croatia. I will try to explain the history, traditions, way of life and if you are like me what to eat and drink here in Croatia. So in short where to go, what to see, what to order in restaurants and bars and what not to do.

All photos were taken with my ONEPLUS X

If you want to know more about Croatia especially Dalmatia coast or if have any interest of any sort please let me know in the comments below.