You can't see them all when the time is limited

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia near the main railway station: Zagreb Glavni kolodvor. Just like the direction board indicates, there are many must-sees in the city of Zagreb and you'll definitely enjoy to walk around the city. I spent for a couple of weeks in Zagreb, and took nearly 400 photos during my time. I thought I walked around a lot and saw everything what I wanted to see, but on the day of my departure, I realised that I didn't see all. The cab to the airport took a totally different routes from my walking routes and that made me want to go back to Zagreb again.

Šopska Salata

The photo shows Shopska Salad (Croatian: Šopska Salata) and a bottle of Heineken which I had at a restaurant in Zagreb, Croatia. Shopska Salad is also known as Balkan salad. I had it for the first time in the previous evening, and I ordered it again that night. It was a really yummy salad cooked with cheese. Since I was in the capital of Croatia, I ordered Karlovačko as always, but a huge local party was going on in the restaurant that night and Karlovačko ran out of stock. I could imagine why, so I went with plan B and ordered Heineken instead. Heineken is also my favourite beer, so no problem at all.

Horseshoe wine rack

I took this photo at my hostel's restaurant in Zagreb, Croatia. There, bottles of wine were displayed along a wall. When I paid attention on the bottle holders, I realized that all of the wine racks were made out of metal horseshoe. Cool, aren't they? Speaking of wine, I visited Croatia in December, so I enjoyed having Croatian mulled wine a lot int the city of Zagreb. It's called Kuhano Vino and was really delicious. The locals said that Kuhano Vino was only for that season, not on all year long. If so, I visited Croatia at the time of the year. I'm happy about that.

It was happening to somebody else

I took this photo at the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. It was the most unique museum I've visited in my whole life. The exhibits of the Museum of Broken Relationships are personal leftovers from former lever(s) of somebody else. When the leftovers are donated from somebody else with some heartbreaking stories, it turns into an exhibit at the Museum of Broken Relationships. Since the museum is in Zagreb, the heartbreaking stories are written in Croatian language and English. The donated leftovers are from all over the world. The exhibit on this photo was donated by someone from San Francisco, California, the United States of America.

Chocolate Ice Cup

I took this photo at a very popular ice cream place in Zagreb, Croatia. It was a really nice and sweet place which was actually a Bistro & Wine Bar, but I just dropped by there for a cup of ice cream and a bottle of Ožujsko, a Croatian lager beer. Lots and lots of kinds of mouth-watering ice cream were available, and I needed a few minutes to choose mine. Finally, I went with a cup of chocolate ice cream and I was totally right. It was so yummy. Also, I was happy that the cup of chocolate ice cream was pretty photogenic.

Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor

I took this photo at Zagreb Main Station (Croatian: Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor). Since Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor is the largest main hub station of Croatia, you can choose a train from a huge Croatian railways network from there.  I've taken an international train bound for Frankfurt, Germany from Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor. Actually my destination was Ljubljana, Slovenia, not Frankfurt, Germany, but I learned that an international train was a possible choice to get to Germany from Croatia via Slovenia. In return, you can see picturesque villages through the train windows.

Genius bar @ Christmas market, Zagreb

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia when I was enjoying a delicious glass of mulled wine at a bar of Christmas market. Luckily, I found this very nice hot dog place on the second day of my trip in Croatia and I went to the same place several times during my time in Zagreb. Hot dogs and mulled wine are really well cooked and staff was kind and friendly. I really loved there. Sometimes I stopped by there just for their fabulous mulled wine. The menu showed it as Kuhano Vino which meant mulled wine in Croatian language.

Wait, what's that? But I have to leave...

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia. I walked around Croatian capital a lot. I mean really a lot. When I left Zagreb, I felt like I walked in every street of the city and I saw everything. But it wasn't, of course. On the day of my flight to Frankfurt, Germany, I took a cab from my hostel to the airport. When I was viewing the view from the cab window, I found a lot of interesting places that I didn't go during my time in Zagreb. The same things happen to me all the time. Then I always think 'Okay, I'll come back to this city once again in the future'.

Karlovačko Crno with a candle

The photo shows my favorite Criatian stout beer Karlovačko Crno. I went to a traditional Croatian restaurant for dinner and it was my second time to choose the restaurant for dinner. Wait staff remembered me and allowed me to sit at a large table. The large table at the corner seemed like a table for a group of people, but he said it wouldn't get crowded that much, and allowed me to sit at there. Not only that, but he said he would give me better photo opportunities, then brought me a candle like the photo shows. Thanks a lot.

Staropramen Premium Beer

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia (not in Prague, the Czech Republic). I found a sign of Staropramen on a wall of a building and took this photo just for the Staropramen's sign. Staropramen is a brewery in the Czech Republic and the lager beer of the same name is one of the very popular beer in the Czech Republic, so I'm told. When I arrived in a hotel in Prague, the Czech Republic, the first thing I did was went to a mom-and-pop shop nearby my hotel to get some cans of beer. There were so many kinds of cans of beer in their fridge. I couldn't choose by myself, then Staff recommended to me four different tall boys. One of them was Staropramen. Good choice.

A statue of Saint George and the Dead Dragon

The photo shows a large statue of Saint George and the Dead Dragon in the Upper Town of Zagreb, Croatia near the Stone Gate. This is the one out of two statues of St. George and his horse in Zagreb, and is depicted after the epic battle with the tough Dragon. The upper town of Zagreb is also called Gornji Grad and is known as old part of Zagreb. I'd say the upper town of Zagreb is the most interesting sightseeing district of the capital of Croatia. The area was so beautiful, calm, relaxing, and enjoyable to walk around.

The Coat of Arms of Zagreb

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia and the photo shows the Southern roof of the Church of St. Mark (a.k.a. St. Mark's Church). The eye-catching roof of the church were beautifully tiled and its Southern roof showed a huge image of the Coat of Arms of Zagreb. I really loved to see this church. St. Mark's Church is located in a square of the same name, and is also located right next to the Croatian Parliament. There were a lot of must-sees around that area and I visited there many times during my time in Zagreb.

What color is this?

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia. The stunning building painted yellow. Seeing this building and its color, reminds me of Schönbrunn Palace, in Vienna, Austria which painted in the color known as Habsburg Yellow or Maria Theresa Yellow nowadays. Speaking of yellow, when I visited Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, Holland, one of the clues tapped drew a draft Heineken from the tap and asked visitors what color Heineken was. A woman said yellow, and the others said gold. So, what color is this?

Croatian restaurant

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia. My hostel had a very nice traditional restaurant. The restaurant had a main entrance and a sub entrance. The photo shows the sub entrance that was faced to a parking space. The main entrance was next to the reception of the hostel. I used the both entrances. A few weeks ago, my acquaintance asked me what was the food I loved the most in Croatia. I said Ćevapi. Definitely. I really loved it. My acquaintance had no idea what Ćevapi was. So, he googled some images of Ćevapi on the Internet and said they looked delicious, and he also googled Croatian restaurants nearby. This kind of things can be done at our fingertips, but to taste Ćevapi, it's impossible on the Internet.

Zagreb tower

I took this photo in Zagreb Croatia. The tall building on the photo is Zagreb tower. It's an office building in sort of a business district in Zagreb. My hostel was located just around the corner from there. It was interesting to see that the next building of Zagreb tower had a huge sign on the top of the building which said Zagreb tower >>. So, it was easy to understand which one was Zagreb tower, but I didn't think I could go inside of the tower, because it was an office building, so I just took some photos and that was it. I love to see stream-lined shape buildings.

Holiday cheer in beautiful Zagreb

I took this photo at Zagreb Eye Viewpoint in Zagreb, Croatia. You can view beautiful Zagreb from there, from 16 stories above. I love to see a city from above, so I went there on my third day in Zagreb. Before went there, I dropped by Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor (Zagreb main station) and bought a day return train ticket to get to Ljubljana, Slovenia as a half day excursion on the following day. After enjoyed viewing city from above, I went to visit Zagreb Christmas markets for glasses of Kuhano Vino (Mulled Wine) and a yummy hotdog. Then after that, I went to a bar in a popular hangout to have a cold one.

Shoes get down at the heels

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia. It was fun to walk around the city of Zagreb, so I do so almost everyday. I took in a lot of sights on the way and took a lot of photos. Someone said to me that what a shame I went all the way to Croatia and didn't go to Dubrovnik. I understood what he said, but also I thought what a shame he didn't go to Zagreb. I found something new everyday in Zagreb and I never  got bored. My shoes got down at the heels, but I was happy to see my down-at-the-heel shoes.

Familiarity of the Golden Arches

I took this photo in Zagreb, Croatia. My hostel was right around the corner from this Mickey D's. On the day of my arrival in Zagreb, I did bit of a ground research near my hostel, and I penciled in this Mickey D's as a place for breakfast or probably for lunch some time, but on the day before my flight to Frankfurt, Germany, I realized that I didn't drop by this Mickey D's in the end. So I just took a photo of it across from the street. I personally believe that a good point of Mickey D's is a familiarity. I mean I can easily imagine how the food there taste like.

A snapshot of Hotel Esplanade

The photo shows Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb, Croatia. When I saw this building for the first time, I didn't think this building was a hotel, but it was a hotel. A very luxurious one. There was a fountain in front of the hotel. Zagreb Main Railway Station (Croatian: Zagreb Glavni kolodvor) is just a stone's throw away from the hotel. My hostel was a little far away form here, though. During my days in Zagreb, I was staying at a cozy hostel in the business area of the city. It wasn't exactly this gorgeous, but everything was fairly new and everywhere was pretty warm due to the Central Heating System. I had nothing to complain of.

My favorite hot dog place of Zagreb Christmas Market

I took this photo at a hot dog place of a Christmas Market in Zagreb, Croatia. They were boiling a wide variety of sausages for hot dogs, and were also selling tasty Kuhano Vino (mulled wine). I often dropped by their place to have lunch or to have a little wine break during my time in beautiful Zagreb. I love sausages, so I asked staff to take some photos of their huge sausage pan and many many sausages. The hot dog place was definitely one of my fond memories in Zagreb. The place always had a heartwarming atmosphere and a couple of staff members were very good at making their customers happy. I was happy to be there. Thanks a lot!