http://www.aswetravel.com/zagreb-croatia-traditions-culture-kissing/ Zagreb, Croatia: Europe Train - Hosted by Sofia von Porat & Nathan Schacherer It's beautiful here in Zagreb. The rain is gone so it's perfect. Yeah. We’re going to start the day by visiting the upper town which is where Zagreb was founded. We've just walked up to the stone gate. This stone gate divides the upper and lower town here in Zagreb and this stone gate has a very significant meaning. It's become almost like a chapel. We found a painting of St. Mary and little baby Jesus miraculously saved from a fire in 1931. It's become a place of worship. So they had to painting in there and people come in and light candles and pray. Now we're going to go The market and see if we can buy some veggies for lunch or something. It got veggies they got flowers, Lots of local produce. So it seems really cool. We're in Dola's market and it really is a farmers market. There are fruit and veggies everywhere. This is where the farmers come in from outside of Zagreb and sell their produce to locals. I might try and find something for myself. We've gone to the market, we've seen some veggies, we've seen all the local produce now we're going to go up this hill to the tower which has a cannon in it that goes off every day at 12 o'clock. They've got this tram that goes up to the tower, it's one of the shortest tram rides in the world. It's about 10 to 15 seconds long. It's only for the lazy ones. There are steps of the side, which were going to take. We're waiting for them to fire the cannon off the tower at 12 o'clock, so we walked around the corner and we realize that St. Mark's Church is right here, and this church has such cool designs on top of the roof, really really colorful. Normally go to church to check out the inside, you come to this church to check out the roof. I think it's really cool. Boom! We just witnessed the 12 o'clock cannon. Apparently this cannon goes off every single day at 12 o'clock. No one knows why, there's a legend, a big story behind it. No one knows the truth but every day at 12 o'clock, boom! It was powerful. I thought, there's a small little cannon hole, I thought pow, pop. It was boom, I actually felt myself get pushed backwards. Pretty cool to experience, gave me a bit of right even though I was expecting it. Now we're going to go down and grab some lunch. It's about 12 o'clock, so we're going to try and find some traditional Croatian food. It's been a great day so far, we are having a quick lunch break. We're at this place recommended by the hostel. We got these locally brewed beer, one euro each. So cheap and so good. Very special taste, mine has a bit of a caramel taste to it. After lunch we’re going to go visit apparently one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Europe, sounds interesting. We're at Cemetery, and it's one of Europe's most beautiful cemeteries. I can see why. There just, there are graves everywhere there also is so much nature, so many trees, flowers, and it really is a peaceful place to come. It's really quiet. Do you think it's a little strange, that it's become a tourist attraction? It's a cemetery. It is kind of strange. I do see the attraction, I mean there is a lot of nature here and that does make it more beautiful. Yeah. Usually I feel that the cemeteries are little bit creepy, You know that there's something about them that's a bit uncomfortable, but here it's actually really nice. We found a nice place here at the cemetery where we can sit down and relax. We're going to try a traditional Croatian pastry. What is inside? And what is it called? It's called borek and this one is with spinach in it, and some cheese, I think as well. It looks good. Yeah it looks really good, try some. I had a bite before. It's good, huh? Really nice. We've had a great day here in Zagreb. Tomorrow we're going to catch an overnight train to Bosnia. Sarajevo's next, so we'll see you then.

• published: 07 Aug 2011
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