Zagreb

Our stay in Zagreb was basically a gong show.

We were extremely cold.

The first person to blame was the weatherman. He royally messed up. Monday was supposed to be cold and rainy, so we stayed in town and wandered around the old town and went to a cemetery. Turns out the afternoon was really nice so we sat on a bench outside the cemetery and soaked in some rays and then went to a fountain and ate some strawberries we bought from this cute old lady.

I really wanted one of these!

Tuesday was supposed to be really warm and sunny, but it turned out to be freezing and raining, and that's the day we went to Plitvice National Park. Naturally, we trusted the weatherman and wore shorts and left our raincoats behind... on the two hour bus ride we met some guys from Edmonton, and we ended up spending they day with them. They came semi prepared with one jacket and two umbrellas, and thankfully they were nice enough to share with us! The park was really beautiful with tons and tons of waterfalls and massive lakes with the clearest water.

The second person to blame for the gong show experience is myself... Wednesday morning we get up SO early to get to the airport to catch our flight to Dubrovnik... only to realize once we got to the airport our flight was at 9 PM instead of 9 AM! Somehow in our itinerary we had scheduled absolutely nothing for this day except the flight. Problem is, we already saw everything we wanted to see in Zagreb and there's nowhere close enough for a day trip.... so Sarah and I are seeing if we can spend our 10 extra hours in this mall kind of by the airport. We'll see if we can survive the whole day here!

Cute cafe with The Amazing Maracon

There are other reasons why Zagreb was a gong show, but its really nobody's fault. For instance, we stumbles upon a random peaceful protest march so we joined in for fun. We had no idea what we were protesting, but it was pretty fun. We made friends with some Croatian people and we discussed the politics of our countries and they took us to this pirate restaurant with Mexican cuisine. I had no idea that shrimp fajitas were a thing, but they were extremely delicious.

St Mark's Church/square where we protested some stuff.

Croatia is very religious, there are Catholic things, nuns, and monks everywhere. We walked through this stone gate, which was one of the entrances to the medieval city. It was a very thick gate, almost a tunnel. Inside/underneath was a huge shrine to the Virgin Mary and you weren't allowed to talk in there. Apparently there is some local legend about some miracle that occurred there or something. It was very strange.

Plitvice National Park

We also went to the coolest and most unique museum ever - the museum of broken relationships. People have sent in random objects that were memories from a past relationship and a story to go along with it. It was very interesting and disturbing at times. You know when you see an ax on the wall the story beside it is going to be good...