Trips

Our next stop was the Cathedral of Zagreb. In 1094 the cathedral was built on a hill in town. It was rebuilt after an 1800’s earthquake. It is huge with very high ceilings. St. Stepinac is entombed behind the altar. The three large chandeliers were donated from a renovated casino in Las Vegas. There is a 6,000 pipe organ and an unusual script in Glagolitic letters on the back wall.

Our official tour of Zagreb only lasted 1 1/2 hours in this capital city. The rest of the day was our free time. Marge and I spent part of the time at a laundromat one block from the hotel. For $9 US we did a large load and now have everything clean again. That is the first time in all of our trips abroad that we have been able to go to a real laundromat!

Cathedral of Zagreb	Holy Mary Monument outside the Zagreb Cathedral
From Cathedral reconstruction: the old and new spires	St. Mary's Church and Holy Mary Monument
Door of the Zabreb Cathedral	Rose window in the Cathedral of Zagreb
Cathedral of Zagreb	Cathedral of Zagreb
City map	Wall Mural
After a nap, we went for a 1 1/2 hour stroll to the train station - the Orient Express stopped here - and to the greenway that is called Lenuci's Horseshoe. This is a U-shaped area of seven landscaped town squares and a botanical garden. It was the brainchild of an urban planner called Lenuci toward the end of the 19th century. We wanted to go to the Botanical Garden but it was closed.
	At the train station: The old and the new
Post office truck	Main train station
Croatian King Tomaslav	Art Pavillion
	Zagreb trolly
	Peering into the Botanical Garden
Croatian State Archives	Croatian State Archives
Hrvatski Drzavni Arhiv - Croatian State Archives	Marko Marulic statue
Croatian National Theater	Zrinjevac Park
Zrinjevac Park	Old Plane tree in Zrinjevac Park
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts palace	Danish Embassy
Danish Embassy	Interesting sign
We joined Ines and some of our group at the Purger Restaurant and ate delicious stuffed peppers in a tomato and paprika sauce served with mashed potatoes. It was very good. With two drinks it cost 162 kuna ($24.81 US).

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