{"id":13611,"date":"2019-03-26T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flash.hr\/?p=13611\/"},"modified":"2019-04-06T09:58:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T09:58:42","slug":"new-york-manhattan-americans-scared-gluten-croatians-scared-draft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flash.hr\/en\/2019\/03\/new-york-manhattan-americans-scared-gluten-croatians-scared-draft-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 MANHATTAN \u2013 AMERICANS ARE AS SCARED OF GLUTEN AS CROATIANS ARE SCARED OF DRAFT"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago I got a call to attend NY Fashion Week in The Big Apple. I assume the word of a fashionable photographer and influencer from a distant, but friendly, village in Croatia got around. This was equal to landing on the moon for my family. The furthest anyone went from my house was the last bus stop in the neighborhood. They encouraged me before the trip:
\nBrother : ”I had a dream about your plane crashing.”
\nFather: ”I also had a dream about some blurry water.”
\nMother: ”That is not a good sign. Have you written a last will yet?”
\nGrandma: She didn\u2019t really know what to say so she kept playing songs containing subliminal messages: ”Don’t go anywhere. Earth is flat. You will fall down!”<\/p>\n

I told about that to my friend Rea and she said: \u201cDon\u2019t you worry at all. Just buy travel insurance. I\u2019ve heard about this guy who lost 2 fingers in the States and his insurance was weak so doctors asked him to choose one finger for them to sew back on.\u201d
\nDear Lord, why am I surrounded by psychopaths?<\/p>\n

I did not want to buy a plane ticket until USA embassy approved my visa application. I have a job, I own an apartment, but I was worried about one thing. My nickname is Dear Leader and my Instagram name is Dear Leader Joe. They wouldn\u2019t decline me because of that, would they? Well, after they asked me where I was going, why and how long I was staying, they asked me one more question: \u201cHow many Instagram followers do you have?\u201d They are smart people. They wouldn\u2019t let some poor schmuck who only has his parents and 2 neighbors as followers into the country. When they made sure I had some influence, they did not mind my name:)\u00a0They gave me a journalist visa on 5 years.<\/p>\n

I went to\u00a0Palma Travel\u00a0agency and bought a return ticket to New York (Zagreb – Warsaw – NY). They told me they also offered travel insurance and they suggested I took 15000\u20ac worth insurance. I replied instantly: \u201cYeah and then lose a finger. No way! If something happens to me, it will be serious. Double that to 30000\u20ac so I can transplant my liver if I want to.\u201d I know I come off as wasteful but the difference was merely 3$.<\/p>\n

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Palma Travel – Dragi Vo\u0111a
Bo\u017ee, zar si pozvao mene da letim u New York?
Bog – Jbg, Kolinda se nije javljala na mobitel.
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I packed the essentials and took off on the paths of Kolumbo.<\/p>\n

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Spreman sam za New York Fashion Week:) Milo Hrni\u0107, cipele Strugar i zaliha Lino Lade Gold:) #linolada #croatiafulloflife #milohrnic #linoladagold #pakiranje #kofer #newyork #cipelestrugar #hrana #podravka #palmatravelhr #palmatravel #turizam #turist #traveling #lifestyle #turistickaagencija #linopodravka www.palma-travel.hr<\/a><\/p>\n

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