A glutton for punishment, Saturday I took a Croatian Wars Walking Tour, beginning at Ban Jelacic Square. During the tour, our guide enlightened us about the “history of Zagreb and Croatia during times of conflict”. I was hoping this tour would help cure my hopeless bewilderment with Balkan conflicts, including the Yugoslavia communist era and […]
Zagreb’s Green Horseshoe is a u-shaped system of parks, squares, fountains, and monuments that “form a horseshoe” around parts of Lower Town. Zrinjevac Park is a good starting point for walking the green horseshoe. Many of the museums and galleries along the route were damaged during Croatia’s 2020 earthquake and are currently closed to the […]
I attended a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly at the Croatian National Theatre on Saturday. It was a fantastic production. The opera was sold-out, with an audience different than other people I’ve met in Zagreb – mostly mature 40s to 60s. During the break, everyone seemed solemn, and there was little chit chat […]
