Zagreb Day 3.2

After a wander we headed towards the upper town going through the medieval Stone Gate which has a Virgin Mary shrine and lots of candles to light for prayer (and plenty of people praying lighting candles). Then on to Church of St Mark which was very colorful and then down to the viewpoints over the city by Lotrščak Tower. We left the house late at 10 as we didn’t have that far to wander and wanted to be at the town by noon because they fire off a cannon every day at that time…and we got there at 10:50! All the wandering and over an hour early! So we sat and had a rest and enjoyed the views, then watched the cannon go off which was so much fun! When we go there a tour group can’t just after and the guide was all make sure you hold your phone with both hands as a lot of people drop them when it goes off! It will be loud! Have fun! Raymond and I were both filming…which is good as my camera was crazy when it went off as I jerked as it was a surprise even though I was expecting it! Luckily Raymond did a much better job capturing it! (Mine is the first video, Raymond better one is the second one!) Such an odd, fun stop! We were going to take the funicular down, the worlds shortest, just for fun, but it too was closed. Oh well we wandered down the stairs instead and headed off to lunch at this vegan restaurant where they make everything themselves with stuff they or other local farmers grow and it was delicious!! We had a pesto pasta, and it was called seitan cordon blue but it was seitan filled with smoked tofu and tomato with BBQ sauce served over Swiss chard and a pickled salad and omg this was so good. And so much food!! I don’t think I could have eaten all of the seitan myself as it was too much! But we had to try some desserts as well - a hazelnut, vanilla, chocolate layered pudding and a raspberry tart - so tasty!! The food here has been so good!!Read more