{"id":57173,"date":"2026-02-05T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/?p=57173"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:46:59","slug":"beginning-of-a-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/en\/beginning-of-a-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning of a new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57173\" class=\"elementor elementor-57173\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a358feb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a358feb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb25a2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bb25a2c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5854c75c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5854c75c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi Argonautas,<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to my first blog of 2026.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This January, a lot of things happened, and the month flew by so fast that I almost feel like it went by in two seconds. First, I had the best start to the year in years; I was in great company with my friends first and then my family, and it made me realize that no matter where I travel, I know I can always come back to them and have a great time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I had to say goodbye to them again, but it wasn\u2019t sad. I actually felt happy to return to Croatia, as I felt that my life was waiting for me there to continue.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what a journey it was to get back\u2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Since I\u2019m trying to avoid planes, I mainly use buses. On these days, Europe was facing a huge snowstorm, so after waiting for my bus connection in the middle of the night in Lyon, at -11\u00b0C, I found out that my bus wouldn\u2019t make it to \u0160ibenik and that I\u2019d have to stop at 2 a.m. in a random city on the border of Slovenia\u2026 Great experience <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd18\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f918.svg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude05\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f605.svg\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, I managed to make it home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was happy to meet the team again and surprisingly excited to go to the office as well. But we didn\u2019t stay long because a week later we were packing our bags again, heading to the \u201con arrival training\u201d in Sarajevo, Bosnia.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This training was supposed to take place in our second month, so much of what we covered was a bit repetitive, as it was mainly things we had already experienced. Still, it was a great experience. First, we were able to travel for free to another country, and we met amazing people volunteering all over the Balkan region. I felt really lucky to have these opportunities, and discussing them with others opened up even more possibilities for me. I love that feeling!!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo itself isn\u2019t my favorite city though, but the food was great and the experience was definitely worth it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After five intense days, we headed back to our little island, to its beautiful nature and sunny weather.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to conclude the month, we met the volunteers from \u0160ibenik, and we are very happy about it because they are very nice, and we finally have friends in the area, ehehe<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57176 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/argonauta.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Copie-de-Miniature-Youtube-Concept-Vlog-Moderne-Marron-Creme-5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that was basically the beginning of 2026.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See you next month <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude04\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f604.svg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bok Argonautas, Dobrodo\u0161li u moj prvi blog za 2026. godinu. 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