We were a little sad to say goodbye to Turkey... nice place and well worth a visit. We will miss the food, friendly locals and turkish vibe. Wendy stayed an extra night in Istanbul and made the most of it checking out the nightlife, while I had an overnight stopover in Budapest... so found myself breifely exploring yet another fantastic city. Stumbled upon a orchestral concert happening infront of a cathedral... see photo left.Zagreb
Well after Turkey, Zagreb felt very European and uncrowded. Lovely buildings, beautiful parks and gardens, and well dressed locals. None of the real hussle and
bussle and street life that we've been accustomed to, but a much more refined and elegant place. We stayed in a noisy YHA (when do those teenager students shut up?! (*WW - stroppy karen...! I slept really well as I went to bed 5am the night before...ha ha!*) wandered the streets visiting cathedrals, churches, town squares and well known shopping and eating streets. It's definitely a street cafe society with cafes with umbrellas set up in the middle of some pedestrian mall areas, and we sampled local food (pastries, noodle/pasta thingies).
Varazdin The lonely planet hails this place as a stunning baroque city and as the "mini prague with out the crowds or the prices". Well it certainly is pretty, but thats a lot to live up to! We arrived mid day to find the streets deserted with the locals hiding out where its cooler, inside or at the river apparently. Anyway we strolled around, visited the castle, ate icecreams and admired the pretty buildings. The locals emerged in the evening, giving the place more of a hum. And we each enjoyed a huge meal of Veal
Zagreb (even though that wasnt what I ordered!)
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