Blogs from Zagreb, Central Croatia, Croatia, Europe - page 8

Aamulla vatsa tuntui sen verran loysalta, etta paatin ottaa immodiumia. Olin asemalla klo 9.40. Klo 10:n bussi oli myyty tayteen. Sain lipun klo 11 lahtevaan. Pysahdyttiin matkan puolivalissa huoltoasemalla ja pidettiin siella vartin tauko. Menin ratikalla hostellille ja jatin sinne matkatavarat. Palasin takaisin keskustaan vaihdolla. Kavin ostamassa keskiviikoksi junalipun Budapestiin, tai no sekin oli avoin lippu. Sitten kavelin vanhaankaupunkiin. Ensin kavin oluella ja myohemmin lasagnella. Kavelin hostellille. Hostelliin oli majoittunut myos suomalainen Eemeli ja kaksi uruguaylaista tyttoa, jotka olivat maailmanymparimatkalla.... read more

Zagreb was pencilled for our next visit, although campsites were few and far between once we left the coast, we were lucky enough to find a really lovely site near a little village called Duga Resa, not far from Karlovac and the staff there had confirmed that we could reach the capital by train. Duga Resa is situated on a lovely clear river: Mreznica, who’s water reaches temperatures of around 26 degrees (there were plenty of people splashing about in the water or lazing on the shady banks when we arrived on a hot public holiday weekend!), the surrounding area is quite flat in comparison to many other parts of the country and as it’s very near to the Slovenian border the houses have that distinctive ‘Alpine’ look that I love! The fields and gardens were ... read more

Here is the last of it. On our last day, we went to Domagoj's Pride Shop, went to Croatia's biggest mall, ate supper at Bobans and hung out with the family for a bit near Jelacic Square. The one out of the ordinary incident was the fact that Abbey and Ayden met Dražen Ladić. He was likely Croatia's best goalkeeper. There is no bigger sport in Croatia, so it was nice to meet someone of such importance. All in all, it was a very good trip! Thanks for following the blog!!!... read more

Friday July 26 – Today was got up at 5:30am. We wanted to take the bus back to Ljubljana at 6:25am so that we could get the 8:15am train to Zagreb. The next train wasn’t until 2:45pm, and we would have wasted the day. The bus came on time and got us to the train station around 7:45am. The train was also on time, which was great since it is a train coming from Zurich. This was actually the train I had considered taking from Zagreb to Zurich to get home. I’m glad I just bought a flight instead. There were a lot of people waiting for the train, and we didn’t have a seat reservation, so I was worried. Many of the seats on the train had reservation tags, but many turned out to be ... read more

Zagreb capital of Croatia 11 and 12 July 2013 Feeling elated after our wonderful walk along the Plitvicka Lakes and after a lovely shower (even though it is a little cooler up in the mountains (28 degrees), it was still hot walking and climbing), we did the leisurely drive to Zagreb. Even though the E71 was a second level road, it was an excellent road. We drove through Karlovac which had an Old Town. After that, we joined the A2 motorway. The toll was 33 kuna ($6 AUD). We set our GPS to the only camp site near Zagreb, first by its coordinates. It took us to a site which was an empty paddock, and later we found it was about 500m from the camp. We then reset it to the name of the camp site. ... read more