Day five on my quest to write a story on Publish0x every day for a year. So far, I've covered the important topics of peanut butter and the word 'whoa'. I've also talked about frogs. And I've also [briefly] written about the difference between BTC, BCH and BSV.

Today I'm gonna talk about Croatia, starting from a specific moment during my second trip to the country a while ago.

To my right, Bosnia. Behind and all around me lies Croatia. One of six republics to emerge from dissolution of Yugoslavia.

And by the way, "How do you spell 'Yugoslavia'?".

The answer to the question is, 'it doesn't really matter'. This is because the now-defunct country combined two different scripts / alphabets (Cyrillic / Latin) and comprised six countries, all of whom spelt the word differently.

Where was I? Ah yeah, Croatia. This is Knin, a tiny village near the border with Bosnia. I was actually supposed to go to Bosnia but I won't be able to. Another story for another day.

The fall of Yugoslavia was basically a painful but necessary divorce, and Croatia (along with Slovenia) got to keep the summer home, the main house, the kids and the dog. It has stunning sights and stunning seaside views. And stunning women.

The year is 2014 and I'm standing on the rooftop of a collapsed building. I'm wearing Clarks boots, which are now dirty, and a black t-shirt, which I still have.

I'm here because I'm tired of Western Europe. This, and I don't know this year, will become a recurring theme in my life.

Croatia began being part of the conversation in the early 2010s, when tourists from the West realised they could come here and do the same things they would do in France for less.

A lot has changed since. And Croatia is likely to become a bigger part of the conversation now that it's part of the Eurozone and the Schengen area.

The capital is Zagreb and in addition to the Euro (more on that later), Croatia now has its own car manufacturer: Rimac.

It became so successful so quickly it ended up buying Bugatti. Imagine that.

Croatia recently adopted the Euro and ditched the Kuna. Good luck. But the point is, they put Nikola Tesla's face on the 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coin.

This didn't go down too well with Serbia because Tesla was a Serb, according to the Serbs.

And he was American, according to the US.

Funny story, that. Tesla was mocked and bullied when he was alive. And now everyone is trying to claim him.

The truth of the matter is Tesla was Serbian because he was born to Serbian Orthodox parents. The Croats say he was born in modern-day Croatia. But that doesn't mean much because the town he was born in, Smilijan, was part of the Austrian empire when he was born.

So if Croatia is claiming him, then Austria and technically Hungary, Poland and even Northern Italy could claim him.

Sorry, didn't mean this to become a politically infused story.

I now inhabit this part of the globe, the Balkans. And as a foreigner, I'm allowed to say I love both Serbia and Croatia.

Imagine that.