Zagreb, Croatia 9/8-9/10

Dear readers,

It’s been a few days since we’ve updated this blog. This is partially due to laziness, lack of Internet connection in the last few days and the fact that we’ve been moving around.

Last you heard from us, we were heading from Vienna to Zagreb (with a day stop over at Graz). On the night of 9/8 we did arrive to Zagreb as planned. We stayed at a little hostel a few miles away from center by the name of “Maliy Mrak”. The hostel was small and a little dusty, but otherwise was quite nice. Plus we were greeted by a cat who hung out with us the entire evening. Maybe it was because she was friendly or because we had pate̕.  We’ll never know.  Not much to report for that evening as we were exhausted from the day. 

The next day we went to explore Zagreb. Although it is a capital, it is quite small and quaint. We got a self-guided tour book from the Information office and followed it all through the city. The lower city was nothing special and then we climbed up to the churches and the really old part of town and thought it was beautiful. As usual, we walked way too much. In the evening we found ourselves at a local brewery. And we were not disappointed. We waited for a place to sit for quite some time (as this was a popular place). The waiters even offered to bring us a separate table. But all worked out well when a large group decided to stumble their way home and we gladly took their seats. 

Overall it was a very good day. We tend to like cities that are smaller and not overrun by tourists. 

The next morning we were off to Ljubljana.

 

2011.09.09 Zagreb