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Post Report of the Day

Zagreb, Croatia

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

I'm from a small town called Auburn California. Usually from Zagreb, we would get up at around 3 in the morning and take a flight to Frankfurt, then a connecting flight to either Washington D.C....

Would someone with physical disabilities have difficulties living in this city?

It would be difficult, because most of the streets are crammed with cars. However most places are wheel-chair accessible.