Friday was a day to Friday was a day to visit the Croatian consulate in Chicago.  We warmly welcomed by the Consul General Ph.D. Jelena Grcic Polic. After a presentation and exchange of first impressions in Chicago, the conversation was focused on the connections   University of Zagreb and DePaul. We concluded that the existing relashionship is strong enough, but in the future they can be further strengthened in order to be exchanged include other communities from the American continent and Croatia. Lots of ideas, such as linking with schools in which we can introduce Croatian customs, then connect to various contacts throughout our beautiful country, which have a link in Chicago - University of Rijeka and University of Dubrovnik will enable even better cooperation in the coming years. We agreed that the importance of this kind of international exchange invaluable because in addition to the research work includes exploring the culture and customs of the host country.