Matt I am in Loves Park, near Rockford and the Border - where are you at. Dave On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:24:51 -0500 palocat <[email protected]> writes: > I have been wondering if those of you living in the Chicago area > could > tell me whether or not there is a good Croatian or Slovenian > restaurant > in Chicago -- if so, please let me know what your thoughts are -- > thanks.. > > I live in Wisconsin, but near the Illinois state line and am in > Chicago every month or so. Half of my heritage is Croatian (the > other > half is Finnish). I grew up with my Croatian grandparents, so > culturally (by ethnic background) I am Croatian, (I speak Croatian, > but > am getting rather rusty because I do not have anyone to converse > with > in the language) and I am quite familiar with the foods that have > been > discussed on this site. And, yes, my wife and I have been in > Croatia > (three years ago for 12 days), and we found it beautiful. We > visited > the towns where my grandparents were from (Delnice and Brod na Kupi) > > and were fascinated. It was an emotional experience for me. Stayed > at > the small family owned Mance Hotel in Brod na Kupi for several > nights. > It was fine and we were very well received, and the food was > outstanding! We also toured the Dalmatian coast all the way to > Dubrovnik, some of the national parks, and spent some time in > Zagreb > before returning by train to Graz, Austria. Loved it all in > Croatia, > and the roast lamb was wonderful. We plan to return in a year or > so. > . . . But, in late May (next month) we will be going to Finland so > I > can visit the towns that my Finnish grandparents called home. The > genealogy bug has bitten my wife and myself quite sharply -- we just > > regret that we did not really listen to all of our respective family > > histories and file the information away. But, as the saying goes, > genealogy is not generally for the young, as they have other fish to > > fry. > > Thanks, > > Matt, in southern Wisconsin. > > >