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Article: Travel: Chequered Istria; Conflict hasn't helped Croatia, but now it's business as usual in this beautiful part of the world, writes Michael Greenwood.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2000
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EDDIE refused to let his fag ash fall on the streets of his beloved town.
Our guide to Pula, a port on the Istrian riviera in Croatia, is quite an advert for his country.
He keeps a small screw-top jar in his suit pocket so that each time his cigarette is about to drop ash he uses it as an ashtray.
He'd never allow a butt to land on the floor and, like the rest of his proud nation, he is the perfect host.
And what a beautiful country Croatia is. ...