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Zagreb (or: The Land of Giants)
On Friday, we took a train from Slovenia to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. We didn't arrive to our hotel until the evening, and we were leaving the next morning for Dubrovnik, so we didn't have too much time for sight seeing. But what we saw of the city was quite nice. There are some very pretty buildings in Zagreb and lots of promenades where …
Return to Zed
... that I'll write about in my last leg (again returning to Zagreb). There were a few highlights that are worth sharing.
Saturday night marked my first official "tour" of the trip. It turned out to be a great and fun way to explore Zagreb!
The tour was called "The Secrets of Gric" and was in reference to one of Zagreb's historic hills and districts of its "Upper Town". The "guides" of the tour were character actors dressed as period ...
Helpful Croatia
Ah, finally we arrived in Croatia - but where to stay as it's about 5:00 p.m.? Hotels outside the Zagred train station are expensive - the cheapest works out to about $200.00 CDN - way out of line for our budget even though it's convenient for early morning departure. We decided to go back to our old style travelling and rely on knocking on doors until we found something in our price range. ...
Some good eatin'
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There was some fantastic cuisine in Zagreb when I was there. Unfortunately, that cuisine was me. I've survived places with bed bugs infestations, flea infestations, and mosquitoes have always taken an exceptional liking to me. I always seem to be targeted much worse than others around me, so I'm convinced I have the best tasting blood in the world. Although I'm touring Eastern Europe, all of this is ...
Exploring Zagreb
... museums bur the museums were all closed. The museum of naive arts seemed as if it would have been quite interesting. We saw the funicular line and the overlook where you could see all the red tile roofs of central Zagreb. We ran into the end of a market that sold mostly produce but some crafts...such as lace and beaded moccasins. We were very excited about the market and bought apples and some strawberries that turned out to be very nice...sweet and ...