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We had a really slow start today, well claire had a lie in, and I had a slow morning researching accomication and things to do in the next couple of weeks. Anyway once we cpruanlly got going we got the tram to opposite some of town (and as we were still not sure how th tram tickets worked, we managed to use e same ticket we bought last night since we hadn't validated it :/ oops) 

We got the ram to Illica street and walked back towards the Illica square, whilst looking out for a pub/beer cellar that my dad had recommended! ...one hitch, he couldn't really remember the name or where exactly it as but he could walk me through how to find it. And so he did (by whatsapp and google street view of course!) haha the place was in Matica Hrvatskih Obrtnika and was originally part of the old technical college of the Zagreb University. Good beer and good food, and we tried a local delicacy prunes wrapped in bacon and cooked! Yummmm!!! 

  
 


Then we shuffled to the gallery next door, to the gallery of illusions! This was really cool, with tricks of the eye and rooms that made one person look tine and the other gigantic! This was a bit of lighthearted silliness and a good way to escape the hot Croatian sun for an hour or so! And a wee break from all the history we've been drinking in in the last couple of weeks! 



Then we walked around the Zagreb old town and followed our feet till we eventually reached the st marks cathedral...one of the high test points in Zagreb. Then we wandered down the Hill through the old town. The stone gate, the gallery of broken relationships (didn't go in past the gift shop) Then we when to the Gallery of Croatian Naive art. Beautiful! Very weird and brightly coloured, not an art movement that I'd ever heard of before. 

Claire did some souvenir shopping and then we found s nice cafe to Have an ice cream and some coffee!!! :D (hardly anywhere does soya milk lattes here so I've struggled to get a good coffee for the past two weeks :( this place did not dissappoint!!) 

  

We wandered some more and found a lovely park towards another beautiful cathedral. The architecture here is again a really interesting mix of gothic buildings that are falling apart, colourful art nouveau meets Georgian style...and some ugly new buildings. 

 
 
 


We then had to find somewhere to eat but struggled to find somewhere cheap and nice and local...so we were forced to sit and have a glass of wine at a nice wine bar ;) we then looked at our wee "suggested eateries" map and found a few nice places to eat....we chose one of the closest places....it ended up at a vegan restaurant called Neeshka. I know what you're thinking ... but it was seriously amazing!! I had Gnocci Madrid from spinach and pine nuts and vegan pesto with some beetroot dressing on top! Claire had a LOOVELY smelling and tasting veggi Indian dish! Altogether a lovely meal! 

 

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