Dubrovnik Hotel Zagreb

... go to the nearby Mirogoj Cemetery in one of the suburbs. It is huge with some magnificent statues and diverse grave dssigns. The wealthy and common folk are buried here with the latter having simple crosses.

The hotel is in a perfect location, right in the heart of the old town. That next night, we go to the hill above us (3 minute walk) to listen to Jazz with the locals while getting a great view of the city below.

... really needs those ugly Heineken beer posters... I wonder whether they could get away with that in Holland!?) but there are just so many of these old buildings. This must have been such an interesting, vibrant city at some stage in it's history. Well, it was part of and Austro-Hungarian empire and there were just so many cities back then with culture and a life of their own.

Yes, just keep walking and you'll come across ...

... SO sweet and was sitting in a pool of melted sugar.  I couldn't finish it but it was fun to try something different.  We then made our way back to the hotel and laid down for a bit before meeting back up with Janko at 9 to go out for a night on the town!  I had some of the roasted corn for dinner - there are a bunch of roasted corn shops all throughout Zagreb - and then we met up with a few of his Croatian friends and had a nice last night in Zagreb together.  

 

 

... is in order a few years down the line. Hope everyone back in the states is doing well and we will be updating from Italy sometime in the next few days, so you stay classy San Diego. R and J PS, we just looked at a train map from Ancona and apparently there are some mountains in the way or something because there are no direct routes to Florence, so it maybe a while till we update again. Anyways, you will hear from us soon.

... their culture, I feel very much at home here and can see myself staying permanently." Clearly, Zagreb is much more than "That city you passed through on the way to Dubrovnik". Instead of getting stuck on its graffiti-filed, smoky and slightly out-of-date cover, take the advice of a couple of Zagreb insiders: Bring a book, find a café, sit back, and watch Zagreb unravel. More Information American ...

... get to in one go is to Zagreb, at the other end of Croatia. From there we decide to catch a train right up to Vienna and then to Janes house in Slovakia. But our most pressing task is to get rid of all these bloody Serbian dinars that we acquired back in Macedonia when we were planning to actually go to Serbia. What we have learned since is that Serbian dinars are unexchangeable outside of Serbia. Why? Buggered if I know but it is a real pain in the ...

... was a 20-30 minute tram ride out of the city didn't help much either (especially when you're stuck in a stuffy room with no AC or even good ventilation). Zagreb's pretty and almost thoroughly Austro-Hungarian in feel though. The dominant Baroque and Neo-Classicism is easy on the eye, if a bit pompous and grandiose at times, and the old town makes for a pleasing wander. I ended up doing about half the walking tour with a Bostonian girl I ran into along the way ...

Had to say goodbye to Jasmin here, after another overnight bus ride. Never a good way to start a city. Despite that, I had a pretty decent time, but there just wasn't an incredible, or even a mediocre amount of things to see. I guess I could have done more galleries. When ...