This place is amazing! I have been working with a company based in Zagreb for almost 2 years now and was finally able to visit them this week after quick stops in London and Paris. I am enjoying every second of it! The people are great and they all speak English, the food is cheap and amazing, the women are particularly beautiful. I won't have time to experience the coast, but my 2 American buddies living here (both us air force retired) who married Croatian women, swear it's the best place to live for expats.

Bonus point: I visited a "secret" bunker from the Cold War era, buried underneath a park in old Zagreb. The place hosts parties and it's still fully functional. No pics, because you are not allowed to bring a phone in it due to the risk of triggering some demolition charges still embedded in some of the walls....