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Travel Blogs from Marija Bistrica
Family Time
... and where her sister and her sister's son and family still live. We had a great day struggling with Croatian, eating, walking around the village and introducing the three girls to Simon's Cat: click here. We also discovered by chance that a favored TV program is The Big Bang Theory, and it was fun to be able to enjoy a show together! Zack and I also know enough Croatian that we could ...
Seeking good beer & the elusive Croatian identity
... advances on Croatian lands, and, in so doing, united a formerly fragmented group of kingdoms under his rule. The statue of Tomislav with sword drawn, mounted on a powerful steed, faces the station as if to defend the city from future invaders. And the people – or, at least, leaders, who evoke his name to assert a singular Croatian heritage, culture, and purpose – seem to trust in him unconditionally.
Under Tito’s ‘communist’ rule, ...
Just a little cold and wet, Oh well
... the hotel and grabbing dinner we retired, not the type of retired as in I no longer work a for a living type, but the type that means we went to bed. Sorry couldn't help the pun. Tomorrow is another day...at least we thought. Thursday it turned out to be quite rainy and cold, so we spent the day reading, drinking wine, eating, drinking wine and well you get the picture. Hopefully our travels to Rovinj on Friday will find the weather more ...
Interesting day in Zagreb
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Bought a bag at some street markets for 50 kuna - $9 which I use instead of my money belt
Walked to the following:
Twin spired cathedral with fortified walls built when under threat from the Ottoman turks in the 1500's fortified walls
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More of the wonderful City of Zagreb
... tolerance fornaturism and abortion is legal (although restricted) in Croatia.
Zagreb Cathedral
located on Kaptol is a the most famous building in Zagreb, and the tallest building inCroatia.[citation needed] It is dedicated to the Holy Virgin's Ascension and to St. Stephen and St. ...