Day 19 - May 24, 2014 - Zabreb

Zagreb is a cool city. The walking tour in the guidebook took us to some very interesting places, including a mandatory stop for ice cream at 11am. We also learned that the Croatians are the inventors of how to tie a tie. Since it was Saturday, there were many weddings happening around the city. Lots of love was in the air, so what better activity to do than to visit the "Museum of Broken Relationships." I really did thing this was a historical museum about relationships between countries in the United Nations. That was not the case. It really is a museum about breakups...and bad breakups at that.  People donated personal items that reminded them about their ex-lover and then wrote their story to accompany each item. Some stories were really sad, others pretty funny. Overall, a bizarre place to visit while on a honeymoon, but hey, we also visited Bosnia, so why not?

We had a long day of walking the city. We enjoyed the farmer's market even though the lady selling us strawberries seemed annoyed we only want 1/2 kilo of berries. I guess scooping up 1/2 kilo was barely worth her time. But they were delicious strawberries! We also discovered the city's botanical gardens. They had a few varieties of roses that I had not seen. I will admit that I was trying to figure out how I could get a cutting without getting caught. We also stumbled up Zagreb's changing of the guard.

I attended 6:00 mass at the cathedral. The organ music was great. Mass was pretty quick. After mass I met up with Matt and we hung out in the main square for the rest of the evening watching the people. I was a mellow but enjoyable day together.