Street Art in Zagreb

Wandering through Zagreb my first days there, I was thrilled by the street art that was everywhere.  I hadn't had enough exposure to Europe yet to realize this was a common occurrence, so I took tons of pictures:

Zadar at night

I had one whopping night in Zadar before my flight to Dublin and I was lucky enough to run into Tegan (below) in the lobby of the hostel.  After enjoying an afternoon beer and snacks, we walked downtown as the sun set and admired both the water and architecture.  We chose a really popular Italian style restaurant that had what looked like a half-excavated archaeological dig in the front.  (They had ridiculously good seafood!)  Then we wandered along the water again, listened to the sea organ, and goofed off on the solar panels that become an LED show at night.  

Zadar is actually a very cool little place.  At the end of the night we went to a bar that our hostel recommended.  It was along the top of what appeared to be an old city wall that overlooked the port.  It was quiet and posh, which was great since I'm not really into the party scene anymore (contrary to what my pictures with the LED solar panels seems to suggest!)

Split: A pleasant surprise!

When I arrived in Split, I had not read anything about it, so I was expecting a basic, boring beach town.  Kind of like Destin, Florida, where I have spent (too) many summers.  Yeah, beaches, pretty, ok.  Yeah, surf shops, woo hoo.  This was the reason I almost didn't visit the coast of Croatia at all.  But eventually, with a heat wave following me across the continent I decided that if I had to be hot, I may as well be hot on a pretty beach.

Welcome to Split!  

Farewell Tour of Zagreb

Tomorrow morning I hop a train to Munich (change of plans!) so today I -- and my belly full of food poisoning (one should not choose a tuna sandwich that's been sitting in the deli window for God knows how long, even if one is suffering from an acute hypoglycemic episode) -- took one last trek through Zagreb.

On a whim I entered the Archaeological Museum, only to find out that it was closing in 20 minutes.  Lucky for me, Sundays are free, so I took advantage of my twenty minutes and asked the museum workers for a recommendation.

"Third floor."

"Oh, third floor, yes." 

"Third floor, on your left."

Upper left: broach made with a pretty rock during the iron age
Upper middle: stone figurines that look a helluva lot like bears to me
Upper right: repeatedly patched pot
Lower left: a bunch of pendants and other jewelry
Lower middle: A doll's head?
Lower right: more broaches

Wandering around Zagreb, Croatia

I set out today with almost no agenda and was greeted with a few mini adventures in the northern part of Zagreb.

Greetings from Plitvice National Park