Blogs from Zagreb, Central Croatia, Croatia, Europe - page 19

1. The Architecture: the buildings are ornate, grandiose and beautiful. The parks are green and fountain-filled. The squares are open and the al fresco dining irrestible! 2. The food: The fruit and vegies and fresh, juicy and delicious. The meat and cheese are unmissable. The hot chocolate and beer at Tolkein's are the best. There's lots of pizza. And did I mention cheap? (compared to NZ) 3. The people: Beautiful and oh so friendly. The dogs are also fantastic (especially the big, big, fluffy one). And don't have guns (see the stone arch for details). In Conclusion: Zagreb is wonderful, can't wait til we come back and explore the rest of te country. We 'heart' Croatia!... read more

Hello everyone! Another country, another random keyboard format to contend with. This one continues the Hungarian trick of reversing the zs and ys, and throws in another couple of quirks to puzzle the mind. Can't wait for Bosnia, where the cryllic alphabet is thrown into the mix. Anyhoo... Our two nights in Zagreb have been and gone, and we can honestly say that one day in this city is time enough. It's very nice and pretty, and is set in lovely greenery with medieval state buildings atop two hills, but most of the sights take all of two hours to see. Especially when they are all going through restoration work. It seems that the Wellington City Council isn't the only municipal body with surplus construction funds at the end of the financial year, as everything in ... read more

Okay, so on to Croatia! The two nights in Zagreb were perfect. It gave us a day to explore the capital city by foot and wheel. We had a walking guide from one of our tour books which took us around various aspects of the city including a botanical garden with a Japanese pond, the olde town, and up a funicular railway line to the top of the city. Of all places, I didn’t expect it to be so accessible. We did have two encounters with trams and near, very near, misses! In hindsight, it was quite funny if you could imagine us running away from an oncoming tram. ... read more

Posting Time: 8:21pm Location: Zagreb We planned to leave Betina on saturday evening. Basically all we did was swimming, eating and napping. What a nice life. We had to head back to Zagreb on saturday evening and I will take the train to Venice on sunday evening. I called Barbara, she wants to go out on saturday night and told me to call her when we get to Zagreb. The drive is 3.5 to 4 hours, we left at 10:30pm. We arrived in zagreb at 2:00am. I went to Papaya to meet up with Barbara and Evan. They are very good host. They wants to get me drunk asap. They kept ordering drinks for me. Papaya is an interesting place. It seems to be a sport club patio on top of the hill. There is some ... read more

Posting time: Tuesday 8:30am. Location: Zvon's apartment, Zagreb, Croatia. Another lazy day in Vienna, basically I sat in the courtyard and read. I figured this is a good place to be lazy. Besides it is very hot out there. I finally moved my lazy ass and went to a shopping area. Everything seems to be on sale. Diesel store have 50% off for most of the tops and 30% off for the jeans. I would buy some if I am not backpacking. I can't afford the extra weight. {PG-18} I am starting to have a bad habit, I don't get to the train station until 15 mins before the train leave...... not a great idea. Since you don't have time to buy something to eat.....and I like to eat. Anyway, I don't know what to expect ... read more