Just to add, Bisonrav, that I only remember holding at the KRK (google earth 39 26 38 N 020 04 22 E) in the early eighties. There were no RNAV holds and no GAR VOR then.
Assuming your flight’s routing was TIGRA to KRK it looks like they were positioning right downwind for 35 before reaching the KRK. It was imperative to avoid Albanian airspace too!