Zagreb
I have been so busy lately that I haven't been very good about posting, so I'll be posting quite a bit in the next day or so to get up to speed. Two weekends ago, I was in Zagreb, Croatia with my roomate Krisztina and her boyfriend Marko, who is Croatian and lives in Zagreb.
Mostly, I will let the pictures from that trip tell their own story, but I will say that I loved the city. Being there, you had the sense that things were changing quickly; that you were in a place that was both ancient and somehow reinvented in the same breath. Beautiful winding cobblestone streets lead to huge modern buildings, the wide avenues, lined with trees which walk you through parks and past old buildings, also lead to modern cinemas and Italian restaurants. The outdoor market is still -the- place to buy fruits and vegetables, but supermarkets are all over the city as well. The modern and the traditional seem to exist together in this beautiful city, and unlike in some other cities, they still seem to work together, not against one another. In ten years, I'm sure Zagreb will be a very different place, but this weekend I fell in love with the way Zagreb is today.
Rooftops of Zagreb
Little Rooftop Restaurant in Zagreb
Small Beautiful Street in Zagreb
A Memorial to a Famous Croatian Poet in Zagreb
Weights in the Outdoor Market in Downtown Zagreb
The Hills Behind Zagreb
Mostly, I will let the pictures from that trip tell their own story, but I will say that I loved the city. Being there, you had the sense that things were changing quickly; that you were in a place that was both ancient and somehow reinvented in the same breath. Beautiful winding cobblestone streets lead to huge modern buildings, the wide avenues, lined with trees which walk you through parks and past old buildings, also lead to modern cinemas and Italian restaurants. The outdoor market is still -the- place to buy fruits and vegetables, but supermarkets are all over the city as well. The modern and the traditional seem to exist together in this beautiful city, and unlike in some other cities, they still seem to work together, not against one another. In ten years, I'm sure Zagreb will be a very different place, but this weekend I fell in love with the way Zagreb is today.
Rooftops of Zagreb
Little Rooftop Restaurant in Zagreb
Small Beautiful Street in Zagreb
A Memorial to a Famous Croatian Poet in Zagreb
Weights in the Outdoor Market in Downtown Zagreb
The Hills Behind Zagreb
posted by Megan at 7:36 AM
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oooo purdy.
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