We love Zagreb. I know I said this before but it is a great city. Out of all the places on our itinerary this was the one that we had no idea of what to expect. It turned out to be one of the best we have visited. One thing I forgot to mention last night was that we very nearly had our 15 seconds of fame. I know Andy Warhole said everybody gets15 minutes but we have never been greedy.
We had been told thar the city canon fires over Zagreb at 3pm everyday. Confident in this information we had made our way to the watchtower in the upper town at the alloted time to witness this centuries old spectacle. Others must have been fed similar
Info as a significant crowd had gathered at the medieval tower. By ten past three everyone realized that we either had been duped or they had finaly ran out of gunpowder. The crowd slowly dispersed looking somewhat cheated. In retrospect we should have realised we had been told the wrong time because at noon an almighty blast rocked the city and nearly caused poor old Crispy to drop her gluten free ice cream.
We carried on our exploration of the upper town. In a small square over looking the city we stumbled across a large impressive looking film crew. There were lighting vehicles, sound recording rigs, cameramen and expensive looking cars. All the paraphernalia of a blockbuster movie. There was even a mobile canteen unit with an impressive looking buffet. I made my way across and asked "whats going on ?". A lady answered "They are making a film". Wow we thought. "Is it anyone famous ?" I asked.
"Ooh yes" she replied. "Famous in Croatia or world famous ?" I asked. "World famous" she replied. Oh my god We thought.
"Who is it ?" I asked. "Not a fu***** clue" she replied before carrying on with her buffet preparation. It turns out it was Croatia TV recording a weekly TV show about basketball players. Not exactly the scoop we were hoping for. We followed them around for a while trying to get "on camera" but they are obviously switched onto annoying tourists trying to muscle in and completely ignored us. We did see a guy on a scooter turning on the streets gas lights with a big stick though. In retrospect that was probably more interesting.
Onto today.
We left our hotel after breakfast and made our way back to the bus station to catch the ten o-clock bus to Ljbujana. The bus's final destination would be Florence in Italy but we would only be aboard it for two and a half hours until it reached the Capital of Slovenia. We arrived without a problem and soon found the hotel. Ljubjana is tiny so it was no ordeal.
Glorious sunshine as we unpacked and set off into the narrow streets to have a look around. Ill tell more tomorrow but it was uneventful and very pleasant. Dinner and bed. This is city number 5, on the bounce, and we are getting a tad tired. We are looking forward to the coast and a few lazy beacn days. Crispy is already trying on her bathing cap.
Tomorrow we plan to try and get a bus to Lake Bled. Its supposed to be beautiful. It would be great to see but tomorrow is Sunday and I am not sure if the buses will be running. We hope so.....
Bare and Crispy sjgnjng off... Libjujana, Slovenia
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