Museum Day in Zagreb

With everything being closed yesterday we kind of packed today with museums. We started off with the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. Most of the paintings were done on glass, and even though these are untrained painters, they were very skilled in figuring out how to paint from the foreground to the background.

Next we went to the Croatian History Museum with an exhibit focused on Dubrovnik during the war in the 1990s. At the time it was thought that Dubrovnik's cultural significance would spare it from the bombing and also it wasn't of strategic importance to the aggressors. Instead it ended up being one of the main targets, possibly just to crush the spirit of the people.

Finally, we went to the Archaeological Museum with extensive Egyptian, Greek and Roman collections. We finished off with a walk around the botanical garden where we saw 4-foot diameter water lily pads.

We met our tour guide and fellow travelers this evening--3 other couples. Seems like a good group and we're looking forward to setting off tomorrow!Read more