Meet the charming witch from Zagreb

Every time I visit the capital of Hrvatska (Croatia) the city surprises me with some small sympathetic things. If you are tired exploring the streets of Zagreb and thirst a cool repose, then you need the Gritcka Witch!

My cousin Tsveti and I decided to finish our city tour in the tiny restaurant Mali Medo (Tkalciceva 36). The place is famous for serving naturally brewed draught beer without preservatives. There are several sorts of beer, the most charming by far is the "Gricka Vjiestica" (The Gritchka Witch) with 7-8% alcohol.

We wanted to show the Croats that we are intelligent tourists so we ordered in their own language. The conversation with the waiters went without glitches (almost). That wasn't such a big feat for us because Croatian and Bulgarian are both Slavic languages. One simply has to speak Bulgarian with a twisted accent and learn not to burst into laughter when one hears a funny word. The Croatian language, to us Bulgarians, is full of words that sound comical or mildly ambiguous at least. Like the word "slasticarnica" that seemed to have some hot sexual connotations, but turned out to be the word for a confectioner's shop. How innocent and sweet!