What a fantastic place Zagreb was...we fell totally in love with it...it has such a nice feel, the people are very friendly & very willing to help in any way. We did our hop on hop off bus tour...at least one of the trips anyway...it started to rain in the afternoon & so we didn,t get to do the trip around the outside of town. We had already walked most of the streets but it was good to have the commentary to fill us in on what we had seen. We got off at the 2nd last stop to have our lunch at the Miragoj cemetery (I hope that,s how it,s spelled)...it is the most beautifully laid out place...you,ll have to see if you can google it Mum...it,s well worth the look. We could have spent hours there. Later that afternoon after our next trip had been cancelled, we walked up to Strossmayer Promenade in the Old Town... we had taken the funicular up there the previous evening, but were too weary to hang around there for too long...they have music in the summer evenings. The funicular is the shortest in the world at only 33 metres & takes 55 seconds to complete the trip!!! Anyway, we had a good look around the old town that night & then got ourselves settled into a good spot for the music...we had a great time & enjoyed 2 bottles of particularly delicious white wine. The place was absolutely buzzing...& on a week night too...there were kids & adults everywhere...it all had a very Bohemian feel about it. Also in the Old Town, we visited St Marks church...the roof tiles are all glazed & are laid out in the coats of arms of Croatia & the city of Zagreb...beautiful. Plus visited the Museum of Naive Art which John really loved...and the Museum of Broken Relationships...most interesting & we had a few laughs in there. John has a feeling it has been mentioned by Dominique in the past..though it hasnt travelled to Australia as yet.
Picked up our car next morning to drive to Rovinj...it was a 3 hour trip which we did on the motorway...got to our apartment & we were very disappointed as the first thing that struck us as we came through the door from the street was the putrid stench of rubbish...there was a bin behind the door...plus the fruit & veg markets were just across the street ...almost stomach churning.....luckily the smell has gone today!!!!
A quick walk around town then some dinner & an ice cream we were in bed by 10,00pm. This town is very pretty but so very very touristy...there are souvenir stalls & stands selling everything you can imagine...in rows along the streets. The place is absolutely overrun by GERMANS...to the extent that we are greeted in German everywhere we go...& lots of the signs are in Croatian & German.
More later as this machine is beginning to play up & I¨m going to get a bit tense if this doesnt publish. Love to all
Its the next morning & obviously this didnt publish...thank god I saved this!!
Checked Miragoj Cemetry.....Manificent, but the gravesite of the first president Franjo Tudman....lavish...but had he lived longer he would have stood trial with Milosovic...makes you wonder. eh? What wonderful days seeing families etc in the streets, and weddings too. The smell of rubbish makes you appreciate all the other smells..like wine ! Keep enjoying and stay fit, loving your pics, both look so well. Our love Mum and dad
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