Blogs from Zagreb, Central Croatia, Croatia, Europe - page 3

Po slabom spanku smer blizka bus stanica. Vonku hmla. Na raňajky davam mandarinku a bengbeng este z thajska kde som kupil cely karton. Bus stanica stara ale pohoda. Flixbus meskal 15min ale cestou toto meskanie dobehol a prisli sme dokonca o 5min skorej. Po vystupeni na bus stanici v zahrebe sok. Som si pripadal jak v azii, kopa sikmacov. Cs meska pol hodinu. Prichadza so psom. Prvy dojem z nej nic moc, co sa neskor aj ukaze ako spravny odhad. Nasadame na elektricku a ideme k nej domov, bez listku. Vraj takto cestuje kopa domacich. Vzdy ked uvidia revizora (vraj moc casto nechodia) vystupia. Revizor ma uniformu a tasticku v ktorej ma stroj na pokuty. Takze je lahko identifikovatelny. Ani tejto cs nejde dohlavy ako som si mohol dovolit cestovat tak dlho. Ked tak rozmyslam, chorvatov ... read more

We have reached the farthest point of our journey. Now to start the 1000 km drive southeast to Skopje. Today is our third and final visit to Croatia, to the capital city of Zagreb. It’s all motorway so progress is rapid but dull. After days of yearning for a decent motorway as we picked our way along Bosnian goat tracks and Albanian roadworks, I’m bored of motorways now. The old man alleviates the the boredom briefly by taking a wrong turn and accidentally heading for Austria. We find our way back onto the Zagreb road, cross the border and reach our destination by 10.30. Lonely Planet doesn’t have much to say about Zagreb, which is fine as I am out of clean underwear. So, first port of call is the laundrette. Armed with clean pants, we ... read more

My grand plan was to get to northern Italy by the second Saturday in June to be available to start another month of summer camp like I’d done the summer before. This meant I had about 5 days after leaving Manchester to do a bit of traveling. When I was planning, I decided I’d like to spend time in Slovenia, because I’d only driven through a sliver of it the summer before. It was also conveniently pretty close to where one of my favorite Italian host families lived in Friuli, so it would give me the option to meet them again. The way the flights worked out best was to fly from Manchester to Zagreb, so I had a chance to visit the small capital of Croatia that I’d last visited 9 years earlier with high ... read more

The train from Split to Zagreb was comfortable but had no dinning car like the Orient express so we feasted on half a roasted chicken and fruit bought from the market in Split. Zagreb is a quiet and peaceful capital to wind down in after our trip. After a fabulous roasted lamb dinner we sat on the grass in the park and listened to an open air concert, one of the Zagreb Classics series. Yesterday, We spent a pleasant hour in the botanical gardens and was fascinated by the huge water lillies. See if you can spot the frog.... read more

Day 247 Wednesday 21st September 2016 – Zadar to Zagreb Early start, and out of bed and packing our bags. Shelley not happy about moving and I think she could just about nest in Zadar except the town is heading for winter and the first hint of cold and she would be out of here. Had breakfast at the café around the corner and then completed our packing and marched the twenty minutes to the bus station. Had to check out of our apartment before 10 and our bus wasn’t till 11.30 so we had a nice long wait for our bus. The journey to Zagreb went without a hitch along an incredibly well built freeway with lots of bridges and tunnels, one of which was over 5 kilometres long. Got to Zagreb at ... read more