Athens to Zagreb 2024

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2024-11-18

Today we took a bus to a walking tour of Varaždin, then had the afternoon in Zagreb. It was a national holiday (Remembrance Day), so sometimes there were not many people about. (The full holiday name is Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Homeland War and Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja.) After the tour, we stopped in a café for hot chocolate, and then there was a tour of the city history museum in the castle.

Varaždin has some angel trope going on. It has a Museum of Angels (not pictured) and angels here and there around town.

On the bus trip back, we stopped for lunch at a winery, which included the bread roll whose recipe is in the art below, and then returned to Zagreb. I had just enough time to hustle over to the Chocolate Museum on public transit to return their locker key.

Most of the people I encountered in Croatia spoke very good English with minimal accent. Of course, when traveling as a tourist, most encounters are with people in tourist service roles, but, even so, their English was better than in many other countries I have visited.

Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin art: Buckwheat Porridge
Varaždin art: Buckwheat Porridge.
There was some public art with these abbreviated recipes. I will have to try one sometime.
Varaždin Dandelion Leaves With Varaždin Pumpkin Seed Oil
Varaždin Dandelion Leaves With Varaždin Pumpkin Seed Oil.
There was also some graffiti (not shown) complaining that the official art was not good. But the quality of the graffiti did not make a good case for its artist being any better.
Varaždin art: Varaždin Bread Roll
Varaždin art: Varaždin Bread Roll.
Name plate for the previous work
Name plate for the previous work.
It says Bread Roll Machine
Varaždin art: Sautéed Sauerkraut
Varaždin art: Sautéed Sauerkraut.
Name plate for the previous work
Name plate for the previous work.
It says Varaždin Cabbage.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Candles/lights for the Rememberance Day victims.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Croatian Geodetic Society plate
Croatian Geodetic Society plate.
There were a number of metal plates in the street. I do not know their purpose, whether they mark notably contributions to the down, history, or paid ads. Some may be access covers.
DTK plate
DTK plate.
Apparently Distributivne Telekomunikacijske Kanalizacije—Distribution Telecommunications Sewers.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Kanalizacija plate
Kanalizacija plate.
Sewerage.
Električna Struja plate
Električna Struja plate.
Electric Current.
Centar Grada plate
Centar Grada plate.
City Center.
Magic Spot plate
Magic Spot plate.
Wireless Internet.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Kanalizacija plate
Kanalizacija plate.
Sewerage.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Angel dolls
Angel dolls.
I think this was some unofficial community thing.
Angel dolls
Angel dolls.
Varaždin souvenir shop
Varaždin souvenir shop.
Franciscan Monastery
Franciscan Monastery.
Franciscan Monastery
Franciscan Monastery.
Franciscan Monastery
Franciscan Monastery.
Električna Struja plate
Električna Struja plate.
Electric Current.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Note the angels in the openings.
Metal tool art
Metal tool art.
A resident makes things out of reused metal tools.
Bench of metal tools
Bench of metal tools.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Varaždin art
Varaždin art.
Varaždin Castle
Varaždin Castle.
Varaždin
Varaždin.
Two-tailed mermaid sign
Two-tailed mermaid sign.
This room in the museum had several signs used to indicate a trade or profession. The mermaid indicated imported goods.
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle.
Horseshoes for a farrier
Horseshoes for a farrier.
Keys for a locksmith
Keys for a locksmith.
Bucket signns in Varaždin Castle
Bucket sign.
For a bucket merchant or indicative of some food?
Fancy key for what?
Fancy key for what?
Boot for a shoemaker
Boot for a shoemaker.
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle.
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle.
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle
Merchant signs in Varaždin Castle.
Varaždin Castle
Varaždin Castle.
Varaždin Castle
Varaždin Castle.
Varaždin Castle
Varaždin Castle.
Winery view
Winery view.
Winery plant
Winery plant.
3-D Zagreb map
3-D Zagreb map.
3-D Zagreb map
3-D Zagreb map.
3-D Zagreb map
3-D Zagreb map.

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