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EN: March 8th is International Women’s Day. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, including Russia. In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day.
In Croatia, it has always been celebrated with little gifts or flowers being given to all the women in your life, usually ending up in all the men getting drunk, “celebrating” this event.
PmP team organized painting of this pump on March 8th, 2014, to give this bouquet of roses to all the women.
So, happy March 8th to all the women!!
This pump is placed inside of a Zagreb's Fair. There is not much going on in there, a lot of empty pavillions, but some of them host some free time sport activities, so people regularly go in. The closest entrance is „West 3“ (on Waypoint 1), and you can get in with a car, taking the parking ticket which is FREE if you leave the premises in less than half an hour. I suppose this is more than enough for you to find the cache. Main entrance to the Fair (Waypoint 2) is also fine, there's a parking there, but you have to continue on foot. So, the cache is NOT available at night, after the Fair closes. On another matter, I was stunned by the state of distruction and neglection in which I found Velesajam (Zagreb's Fair). You will see for yourself.
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HR: 8. mart je međunarodni dan žena. Počeo je kao socijalistički politički događaj, a danas je utkan u kulture mnogih zemalja, pretežno u Europi (uključujući i Rusiju). U nekim dijelovima, praznik je izgubio svoj politički predznak, te postao jednostavno prilika da muškarci izraze svoju ljubav prema ženama, u neku ruku mješavina Majčinog dana i dana Sv. Valentina.
U Hrvatskoj se ovaj dan uvijek slavio tako da bi se poklanjali sitni poklončići ili cvijeće svim ženama u vašoj okolici, uz uobičajenu završnicu da se muškarci napiju “proslavljajući” ovaj event.
PmP tim je organizirao farbanje ove pumpe 8. marta 2014, i poklonio ovaj buket ruža svim ženama.
Sretan 8. mart svim ženama!!
Pumpa je smještena unutar Zagrebačkog Velesajma, na kojem se ne događa bogznašto, samo gomila više-manje praznih paviljona, ali u nekima od njih se treniraju sportovi (badminton npr.), pa ljudi normalno ulaze na Velesajam. Najbliži ulaz cacheu je „West 3“ (Waypoint 1), i tamo možete ući i autom, uzevši parkirnu kartu, koja je besplatna ako ne ostanete duže od pola sata. Vjerujem da je to više nego dovoljno da nađete cache(ve). Možete ući i na glavni ulaz na Velesajam (Waypoint 2), gdje postoji parking, no od tamo morate nastaviti pješke. Kako je Velesajam zatvoren preko noći, cache je dostupan samo danju.
Kad smo već kod Velesajma, šokirao sam se stanjem uništenja i zapuštenosti u kojem se trenutno nalazi. Vidjet ćete i sami...
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