Hotel Nokturno Zagreb

... a letter to the Croatian government which stresses that their policy on energy is not sustainable and very unrealistic. The government of Croatia is aiming to become an important energy producer in Europe and this will become an important source of income in future times (during the growing energy crisis). They ...

... everywhere and people out walking, buying souvenirs and just hanging out near the lake.<br><br>Feeling refreshed and all steaked up, we decide to press on for the border, and possibly Zagreb. Back on the motorway we pushed on eating up the miles, boring after the continual interest of the last four or five days. A couple of Lachlan's Metal albums helped pass the ...

... egg outside. The painted egg is a traditional Croatian gift at easter - this one was gifted to the city by local artists. That afternoon with not much else to see in town we went to the cinema and saw our first English language movie in 6 months. Back at the hostel that evening we did some research on the internet for the next leg of our trip - we are going to head south down the coast towards Split and Dubrovnik.

... that loops and weaves all through and around the still blue lakes and stunning waterfalls that are sprinkled all through the park.  After a couple of hours of walking in 'crisp' weather conditions, we were not sure if our extremities were going numb from the cold or from the beauty of this place.  We decided to take the rest of the day off from the elements and head back to town for another lovely, and more than reasonable dinner at Nocturno, the place where we ate at the previous ...

... expensive hotels allow you to check in early, which they did). I set about exploring the City. First impression was how Germanic it felt, and I suppose this isn't surprising since it owes its' appearance to development during the Austro-Hungarian empire. However the heaviness of the architecture combined with the low-grey clouds left me decidedly unimpressed although I hit all the tourist sights and went through the motions. 

... for my budget was out of the question. I walked up to the Dolac, the market place where people come to sell their organic produce such as flowers, fruits and honey. It was busy and everything looked great. It's a shame I'm not staying as I would have bought quite a lot of flowers! I wandered around for a bit and then went in search of St Mark's, a 13th century Gothic church, with a beautiful, distinctive and unusual roof. It's always good to wander as you stumble across things you ...

... hands to hold the steering wheel). Somehow I felt comfortable there. Day 20 10 out of 10 people I met said I should really go to Plitvice when in Zagreb. If something can reach such a degree of consensus it must be pretty interesting. So I decided to give it a try, even though it would be over my budget for Croatia. Well, sometimes even the least lucky people are lucky and that was my day! During dinner the night before I met Markos, a German guy from Frankfurt and he was going to ...

... to Zagreb, compared to about 8 hours on the train. So I bought mz 184KN ticket (about 16 quid, bargain), and got on the bus, which was more like a coach really. My seat was next to a nice old woman, who even offered me a sweet, but I remembered what I had been told and didn't accept one, plus the fact I didn't know what they were. Split is stated in the Lonely Planet as being ringed by apartment blocks, which thankfully aren't really ...

... reprieve from the urban hustle. Just when I thought it couldn't get better, we stumbled upon the Jelascic Square, which is essentially the nucleus and center of modern Zagreb. The liveliness and energy of the people and sites around the square was really magnetic. I just sat and people-watched soaking it all in. Finally in Zagreb you climb up the hill to visit the Old town, which was like a town into itself. It was much ...

... Just spent the bulk of it in a park reading some books. We went to the stadium where the show was at about 3:30pm to collect our tickets, then the gates didn't open till about 6:30pm. So, we found a pub across the road to have a few beers to pass the time. Shaz did her usual trick of getting drunk from one glass of wine. I'm sure most of you could imagine what it would have been like. Then, we finally got inside. The place where the concert was at was really nice ...