I'm in Zagreb now, trying to get the hang of this keyboard which has it's y and z switched among other things. I left you on the morning of the 4th and went up to buy my ticket here. The decor of the international ticket centre has not changed, with wooden columns all over the place, however you now have to take a ticket and wait to be called. It was on 120 when I arrived, I had ticket 171! It took over an hour, and strangely a return trip was cheaper than a single, will try to offload the return to anyone here.
Met up with the south african (who had just passed exams), an american (who was celebrating independance), and two sheffielders (not wednesdayites - but celebrating having money again after camping in slovenia where there were no cash machines or change centres). We all had goulash soup for dinner, the meat was really tender, and then went back to the rooftop bar.
Had a few beers discussing how much better clubs are in europe than in england, then when at midnight the non brits left, we stayed on until 3am - yes another late night!
So much so, and having to get a 6am train the following day, I chilled on the 5th. Got chatting to some americans who seemed ok until they started going on about how great guns are, and then to another american who had just downloaded doctor who! Fantastic, so got to see the last episode which was pretty good.
Train down was ok, had a large guy snoring in my compartment who turned out to be from Zagreb and been to a wedding in budapest. As we arrived he said "Welcome to my city" in a thick accent.
Zagreb is a lovely place, very chilled out, lots of outside cafes and bars, and reminds me at times of bratislava, prague and vienna. The weather has been very hot, upwards of 30 degrees but yesterday got chatting to a scottish couple who were heading to a lake, so we had a swim and a bit of a sun bathe. A swedish guy had come with us and when we said goodbye to the scots we had a walk around ourselves and got chatting to a couple of spanish girls who were lost. We tagged along with them and went for pizza as well. Strangely they were interested in seeing my poems.
Anyway, will tell you more about zagreb later in the week and leave it there before you get bored!! Or jealous.