Croatia part 2

The time we spent in Croatia was really fun, and super relaxing compared to the trip getting there!! We spent the first day in Zagreb at the house of our friends, and then they drove us to the coast where their parents live, and we spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday there. Then Monday night we drove back to Zagreb, Tuesday Dylan gave a talk at Ticijana's lab, and on Wednesday we took the train back to Munich. We packed a lot of fun into those few days!!

Friday we walked all over Zagreb:

Chasing Pigeons in the square

Looking down at Zagreb

Eating "Zagreb's best cakes"(I swear James was there too!)

Saturday we drove to Fazana. On the way there we stopped for some frogs legs (delicious!) and after we arrived we played at a playground right at the seaside, ate a delicious lunch at Ticijana's parents house, and drove to Pula where we viewed a Roman colosseum, and stopped for beers in an awesome ancient square. It was all very cool.

Old Colosseum

Ice cream in an ancient square

and of course, beer!

Awesomness!

Sunday we visited Brijuni Island, which is wear President Tito of the former Yugoslavia had his summer home. We took a big tourist boat to get there, and then did a little train ride tour of the island. There are a bunch of animals on the island both native to the area, and some that were gifts to president Tito like an elephant and some zebras. The boys really enjoyed seeing that! After Brijuni Island we ate an amazing lunch at Orejano's parents' house and then went to another nearby town with a really cool harbor where we watched the sunset, and then wandered up these steep cobblestones roads to a cool old church, and enjoyed ice-cream next to the harbor.

The boat we took to Brijuni Island

Looking at the animals

Lunch

Sunset

On Monday we headed back to Zagreb, but we stopped at this cool old Castle place with an amazing view, and enjoyed a delicious Croatian meal on the way.

Awesome view

Croatian food!

On Tuesday Dylan gave a talk at the institute in Zagreb, and the boys and I hung out at a really cool playground. All in all the trip was super fun, and we'd love to go back!!