Laguna Hotel Zagreb

... view almost all of my pictures now on my camera..it still says theyre their but i cant find them and even when i plugged it into the computer only about 50 are showing up. IF I LOOSE ALL MY PICTURES!..i dont even want to think about it...im not sure what im going to do but im going to go to a photo place tomorrow and try to sort it out...no good...grrr thats what happens when you dont back things up...im sure it will work out its just bumming me right now..wanted to vent alittle :(<br>

... have been building cities around them for thousands of years... and in other countries they've actually learnt how to do a good job of it. Anyhow, I've now got a train to catch... 15:45 from Zagreb, with an hour and 7 minute's stop over in Vienna before I take the Jan Sobieski Express to Warsaw. It leaves Vienna at about ten at night and arrives in Warsaw at about 7:30 in the morning. I hope I get some good travelling companions...

... 269;a, a 40 meter lift that took us from the shopping area up to some more churches and eateries. <br><br>When it was time for dinner we wondered around looking for a place to eat and had somehow ended up in an area with almost all bars and no restaurants!  We found a promising looking place called Restaurant Boban and had to go down two flights of stairs to a basement to get there!  It was well worth it though and they had a variety of food.  Since I was still ...

... beer of choice is called ozjusko.  It is a nice light lager like beer perfect for the warm climate.  After dinner we explored the Croatian night life, where along the way I encountered the drink known as grappa and the next morning I wish we haven't met.  Considering how slow we moved the next morning, we managed to get out of bed and went to city lake.  But first, we used the local hang over cure... PIZZA!!  The Croats certainly love their pizza and make a mean pizza as well ...

... up to a croatian vineyard in the hills for luunch. Was a great lunch in a very beautiful setting. They gave us so much food! Then they brought out a cake (which I thought was for dessert-but the tour guide-bless her-had organised a cake for my birthday!) and sang Happy Birthday-which was a bit embarrassing but nice :) And then we got yummy strudel for dessert on top of that! They almost had to roll us ...

... a great little hostel in the middle of the city that is suiting us just fine. The speak a lot of American, or english as some people call it, here and the women are once again beautiful. I guess Tuesday nights here can be fun, because we went to a club for a few hours after we got in and people showed no signs of leaving at 3 in the morning. We thought better of it and decided to get some shut eye. We are going out ...

... 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 ...