Zagreb!

Pictograms at the Zagreb train station
(now this is the kind of pictogram our teachers in Portugal will never ask us to think about...lol, I really liked the contrast of the gun and the ice-cream next to it...)

Me and João went to Croatia for a few days, and we were sorry we didn't have more time to visit the whole country... it seems nice!



We were thinking of renting a car, but we forgot a tiny little detail: none of us has a credit card. We were glad to find out that it only costs around 28€ to go to Zagreb and come back... and not so glad when we realized it was really slow (about 6 hours, by car would take us half of the time!) At least I had time to do my hungarian homework (and get nauseous after a couple of sentences)... and I crossed a border for the first time! I mean, one that has controllers from both countries, and people asking if we have something to declare (we were asked if we had, for instance alcohol, or souvenirs. lol, souvenirs?? Is that really a problem??)



In Zagreb we met some friends from Morena (a croatian girl that is doing ERASMUS in FEUP), that showed us a nice bar and allowed us to stay in their house for 2 nights (thanks Tin!!).
So we only did some sightseeing during friday, but it was more than enough to see the small but pretty Zagreb. Of course, we would have enjoyed a few more days to explore the city (unfortunately we didn't have time to see the graveyard, apparently it's worth a visit, according to our guide book)... at first sight, the city reminded me a little bit of Budapest... but in a smaller scale, with narrow streets and small buildings.



Tin said something like "yeah, we had a few bombs a few years ago, but nothing special, only a few people died"...it's such a different reality from peaceful Portugal! Anyhow, the city seems well preserved and clean, it was nice to just walk around the downtown area.


Saint Marcus' church... that roof looks like pixel-art!


Neo-Gothic Cathedral, seen from the back


...and this one I don't remember. It was nothing special, but i liked the picture!

To end the day, a meal with Tin in a terrific restaurant that had really well cooked stuffed meat, apparently a specialty from the Balcans.



and on Saturday... "Plitvice here we go!" (more on that tomorrow ;))