The weather forecast was not extremely promising for today but fortunately this morning when I woke up there was no rain. I had planned to go see some of the sightseeings in Zagreb that I had not seen so far. The first few things I saw were interesting but not really worthy of sharing the pictures in my blog. Then I went inside the "Museum of the city of Zagreb".
This was by far the best museum I have visited during this trip. It started off very good because the guy at the door did not speak English so I asked him the price in Croatian, he asked me where I was from so I told him I was from Canada and he congratulated me on my knowledge of Croatian. That always makes me happy :)
I had just started the visit of the museum when I heard a symphony coming from the reception desk. I was wondering what was going on so I came back. I thought maybe something was going on outside. Actually, the sound was coming from some big machine inside the museum, I would have called it a "player piano" but it was not just a piano it was making sounds from many instruments, so maybe somebody more knowledgeable can add a comment to the blog to tell me how this thing is called. Here's a video I took of this amazing invention (I want one!!!)
The Museum of the city of Zagreb is very interesting, first of all because the name is not misleading this time! It is really a museum that explains the history of Zagreb! I saw all sorts of old artifacts from the Middle Age to today: latin official documents, old lamp post, costumes, advertisement from the time of the WWI and WWII, etc. etc. The museum was quite big (I think it took me about 2 hours to complete my visit) and very informative so it was definitely worth my 30 kunas! Here are a few pictures:
Not too far from the museum was the Meštrović Atelier. Meštrović was a Croatian sculptor (1883-1962) and I also paid 30 kunas to see his atelier but I only spent about 30 minutes there... and it is not because it was worth 30 minutes of my time but mostly due to the fact that the lady from the front desk kept following me around to give me more information about the life and creations of Meštrović haha. Well, it was very nice of her, it's just that his type of art is not really my style, although I did see one or two sculptures I liked:
And it is interesting to know that many of Meštrović artwork is now all over Serbia and Croatia and I had already seen some of his sculptures in cities I have been through previously. I'm sure I will cross path with him again :)
As promised, here is a picture of the high-technology trams from Zagreb, look how long and comfortable they look:
And to make this article as complete as possible, I even went INSIDE the tram to take a picture!!
I took the tram in order to go to Mirogoj, which is actually a cemetary. Yes, I visited a cemetary once again! It's not my fault, it's because of my guides... they keep describing those cemetaries as places that are not to be missed and I had no choice but to go and see it. Also, the entrance is very cool:
I didn't stay here long. When I came back downtown, I took a picture of the very first fountain in Zagreb:
The rain did start eventually but only around 4:30 so at least I was able to enjoy a big part of the day without being wet. When the rain started, I decided to stop in a coffee place to enjoy a drink. This is an important picture, I will tell you why after:
I have promised many people that I would drink a Croatian coffee on their behalf. Since I don't like coffee, I decided that Croatian hot chocolate was good too haha. So I drank this hot chocolate on behalf of all the people to whom I said I would drink a coffee for: Ndeye Diallo, Craig Sellars, Hardit Minhas, Julie Martin... I'm sure I promised to drink a coffee on behalf of other people too but I can't remember who I made that promise to anymore, so if I made that promise to you but you don't see your name in the list above, please identify yourself and I will ensure the next drink will be taken on your behalf!
A close friend of my family, Claudette, requested me to take a picture of a cat for her. It was quite a simple task since there are homeless animals all over Europe, so here is a cat.
Those homeless animals really break my heart, I have no intention of owning an animal at any time of my life but when I see them looking for food, I really feel like bringing them home!
In the same message from Claudette, there was also a request from my godmother to take a picture of a house, so here is one that I liked:
Ok I cheated it's not really a house it's actually a pub I believe but I really liked the colour and I thought she would too!
I will now answer a question from Céline Bélanger that I had not answered yet, the question was: Are you going to see any UNESCO World Heritage sites? And the answer is: yes, this is part of the plan, I haven't reached them yet but I will make sure I mention it when I see one!
There's one thing I want to tell you. Many people have written comments on my blog: Kasia, Craig, Rajeev, my mom and dad, Adrijana, Luc, Laval, Céline, Kim, Marie-Pierre, Josée...
I'm sorry that I haven't been replying to your comments much except when they were questions (I hope I haven't forgotten any!) It doesn't mean that I'm not paying attention to you but simply that I don't want to spend too too much time in front of the computer so I didn't give you individual answers. But please know that every morning when I wake up the first thing I do is quickly check if I have any new comments! Reading your feedback makes me really happy! I don't feel homesick because I feel like you are right here with me when I read your reactions to my posts. So feel free to continue sending me your comments, I love to read them!
And finally, my verdict in the comparison of Belgrade and Zagreb... The winner is... BELGRADE!!! I enjoyed my time in Zagreb a lot but there are many things I prefered in Belgrade. There are a lot of good sides to Zagreb, especially the absence of constant honking, but my heart belongs to Belgrade now :)
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