#Zagreb Cathedral

[zegalba]

Cathedral of Zagreb Located: Zagreb, Croatia

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Zagreb Cathedral - CROATIA

[zagrebist]

Zagreb, February 2023 photos by @zagrebist

[wonderingwendy]

April 23, 2023 Sunday - tour officially starts at 5pm. Said farewell to Denise and Steve for now, checked out of our beautiful apartment at 11 this morning and strolled very leisurely to our funky hotel room at the Canopy by 11:30 am. Fala, Hilton Hotels for the very early checkin. (“Thanks” in Croatian slang).

PS Just remembered that when we walked by the Turkish embassy enroute back to our place, we had the distinct and uncomfortable feeling the security detail were “hands on guns” ready when we inadvertently got between them and a senior military official on the sidewalk. 🕵️‍♀️

It’s another spectacular weather day in Zagreb at 22° but there’s a severe weather warning for tomorrow when we hit the road. Our mission today is to purchase an umbrella - yes, we’re from the wet coast of Vancouver Island and didn’t bring an umbrella. Duh.

Thought I would do a photo dump before we move on to Slovenia - especially the spring flowers, they are just so beautiful.

[itravelforthestars]

St Mark’s Cathedral, Zagreb, Croatia

https://itravelforthestars.com/2021/12/09/zagreb-travel-guide/?amp

[dlyarchitecture]

[canmom]

Annecy photodump 4 - assorted

This one is just straight up posting my holiday photos. But there's a few little anecdotes along the way.

On Saturday, I unexpectedly ran into a protest passing along the road between Bonlieu and Pathé (the two most important places in Annecy). I'm not entirely sure what it was they were protesting, but it was interesting hearing the familiar rhythms of protest chants with French words.

It was funny seeing Liberty Leading the People printed on a protest sign after watching a film about the context behind its painting earlier in the week.

French coppers wear these little sailor hats, upholding the tradition of police everywhere to wear dorky headwear...

I was standing by the lake trying to take a selfie with my DSLR when this guy in an Unreal Engine t-shirt sitting nearby offered to photograph me. I tried to say 'yeah so it's in aperture priority mode' to which he replied 'don't worry, I'm not a noob', switched it to manual and rapidly adjusted the aperture and exposure, and proceded to take some insanely nice photos of me.

By contrast in my own attempts, the sky is way overexposed...

So thanks, that guy! I am entirely shown up with my own camera, but one day I'll learn x3

BD Fugue is the big BD (comics) shop in Bonlieu. It's a wonderful place to just go in and look at all the enormous glossy books. For example, historical comics...

or go over to the fantasy section for some 30-odd volumes of Elfes...

There were a whole lot of similar comics to this series called stuff like 'Orcs' and 'Wizards'. (I don't remember the exact titles.) Must be quite popular!

As well as comics, it stocks books on animation and animation history. Conveniently, a lot of these are in English. I held off on buying comics in French (mostly...) but I got a very technical book on animation timing and a history of European animation, both of which I'm sure I'll be turning to a lot in the next year.

The VR room has a lot of bright coloured floors which provide some very nice examples of indirect diffuse-diffuse lighting, which is very expensive to render in games.

There's something inherently funny about seeing people immersed in VR like this.

Annecy has an abundance of old churches and cathedrals. Here's a few, inside and out...

I think these are mostly Catholic, though I don't really know enough about church architecture to say. I was a little disappointed to find out that you can't go up to that little glass dome on the roof of the cathedral, but on the other hand, it is a very pretty dome.

On another note - I've been in a number of cities over the past couple months - London, Glasgow, Belgrade, Geneva, Annecy - and in every single one I've seen graffiti and stickers saying 'free gaza'. (Though I also saw a weird little Zionist street stand with a bunch of leaflets and shit in Geneva.) Here's some graffiti in Annecy and a BDS sticker from Zagreb. I don't want to draw too many conclusions from this - the governments of most of these countries are still doggedly backing the genocide - but it does feel striking to see support for Gaza expressed at least in the graffiti culture of so many places.

One of the coolest things about Annecy is that the Alps are always kind of like... just hanging out in the background. They're so enormous it's hard to photograph them really! But here's a few shots with Alps chilling behind.

And to wrap things up, one last DSLR selfie.

À la prochaine, Annecy!

[propalitet]

I love seeing tourists complain about coming to Zagreb to see the cathedral and how it's under construction because yeah girl it's been like this for like at least 50 years

[dancing-wombat]

Zagreb Cathedral, Zagreb Croatia 2016

[nemirna]

Zagreb cathedral under re-construction.

Croatia.

[mothmiso]

Zagreb (2) (3) by IVAN UJEVIC

Via Flickr:

(1) Oktogon is an urban passageway in central Zagreb, Croatia. (2) Zagreb Cathedral. (3) Fallerovo šetalište.     

[zojastankovic]

˚⋆୨୧˚School trip to Zagreb˚୨୧⋆˚

┊🎄┊Activity title: Visiting and exploring Zagreb in winter-time

┊🎄┊Duration: whole day on December 9th

┊🎄┊Type of activity: creativity and activity

˚⋆୨୧˚Activity description

╰┈➤ On Saturday, December 9th, my classmates and I took a trip to Zagreb with our geography teacher. We had left Banja Luka at 7am and traveled for 3h which was not that long. As responsible IB students that we are, Andrea, who basically became my bus-partner by now, and I spent those 3h doing homework.

╰┈➤ When we arrived, we took a 1-and-a-half-hour walking tour of the city; we visited: the city center, The Ban Jelačić Square, a cathedral, the national theater, and the main reason we decided to took this trip - the Advent. At noon, we went to Etnographic museum of Zagreb and took a guided tour of it.

we left our note there 😊

╰┈➤ After the tour, our teachers gave us 5h of free time, which we used entirely. We walked around the advent, went to bookstores and bought gifts, ate sushi, listened to music which was playing in bars in almost every street, bought chestnuts and of course, fritule (fritters).

╰┈➤ Even though it was very cold, as you can see by our outfits, we were having such a great time that we could not even think about the weather. Despite that we made 18 000 steps walking around the city without the map, we were not tired at all. We were singing in the bus for the whole time on our way back to Banjaluka, playing games and having the best time.

And for the end, once again, pictures of me and Andrea sleeping in very weird poses.

˚⋆୨୧˚Learning outcomes

┊🎄┊Increased your awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth

┊🎄┊Undertaken new challenges

┊🎄┊Planned and initiated activities

┊🎄┊Worked collaboratively with others

˚⋆୨୧˚ Reflection

╰┈➤We had a wonderful time visiting Zagreb, even though most of us had already been there at least once. Just by the length of this blog and number of pictures we took, you could assume that this was one of our favorite activities in this school year so far. It was nice exploring parts of city that you would not normally go to see with your family, like Ethnographic museum, so i surely can confirm that i have learned a few new things about Zagreb, like their traditions and historical aspects. I also have gotten closer with my classmates, had a great time and enjoyed the holiday season with them.

[andreagajic]

Trip to Zagreb

Activity title: Visiting the city of Zagreb as a geography field trip

Activity duration: 1 whole day

Type of activity: creativity and activity

Activity description

Last Saturday (9.12), we took a field trip to the capital of Croatia, our neighboring country. We left Banjaluka at 7AM and got to Zagreb rather quickly, by 10AM. We took a 1-and-a-half-hour walking tour of the city with our geography teacher Draško Perać, where we visited the city center, The Ban Jelačić Square, a cathedral, the national theater, and our favourite part - the Advent. After that, we visited the Etnographic museum of Zagreb . After that, we had about 5 hours of free time, and we decided to spend most of that finding nice places to eat, or touring bookstores.

Reflection

It was a wonderful experience, exploring a new city in the wintertime and the holiday season, learning more about many cultures, and spending quality time with my friends. I genuinely found out about many traditions and historical aspects of different countries in the Ethnographic museum, I loved the free time that we spent walking and enjoying food.

Learning outcomes

Increased your awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth

Undertaken new challenges

Planned and initiated activities

Worked collaboratively with others

[cosmicanger]

Cathedral of Zagreb Located: Zagreb, Croatia

[forabeatofadrum]

Ljubim te (16/24)

Notes: Hey folks, I am back and I have some news. I have actually written almost all of the fic. Yes, I have finished chapter 16 up to 23 (🤯). I am almost at the end. I haven’t started chapter 24 yet, but all in good time, you know? The reason I hadn’t posted any of 16 - 23 yet is because I finished chapter 16 just now, so I obviously couldn’t post the others.

But now I can, so I will! A part of me considered posting it all in one go, since I am very excited to share it, but that is a bit much, so I have decided to post a new chapter every day.

Apart from that, I have also started writing a side-story from Quinn’s POV. It’s not finished yet and it’s longer than I expected, but it’s fun. Anyway, thanks for sticking around and enjoy reading.

AO3 | S&C  

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MAINTAIN

Kurt doesn’t mean to torture himself, but he is. Why else would he be obsessed with the Instagram of one certain Quinn Fabray?

Kurt and Quinn never befriended each other on social media, because why would they? But Kurt’s befriended Blaine, and when Quinn suddenly popped up in the “Friends you might know” list, he should’ve closed the app, but he didn’t.

Blaine might not be super active on social media, but apparently Quinn is.

And unlike Blaine, she is posting about her trip.

Blaine isn’t in any photos, since they’re mostly aesthetic photos of food, buildings and landscapes, but it’s another confirmation that she is in the country.

--

Kurt needs to get out of the city.

A part of him thinks about going to London a month earlier than planned, but he’s not sure if Adam would appreciate that. It might also be questionable of Kurt to seek out his ex when he’s trying to flee from his new crush and his girlfriend. He and Adam are fine, which is why Kurt is going, but it feels wrong.

He doesn’t really have a lot of trips planned. When he first got to Ljubljana, he knew that he could travel throughout Europe, like André, but he decided that he had time to figure it out, but now it’s April and he’s halfway through his time here.

Fuck, Kurt misses his friends from home. He misses his dad. He talks to them a lot through text and he calls, but it is different. He knew he signed up for this and he knew it would only be for six months, but now he’s lonely.

He misses Blaine.

Blaine became his person in Ljubljana.

Of course he has Sunil and Tadeja. He also has people from his classes and from his play, and the International Student Organisation hosts a lot of events. Kurt’s also gone to the gay scene in Metelkova a few times and he’s met really cool people there as well.

Kurt isn’t alone, but he is lonely.

All of those people are here, and yet they can’t hold a candle to Blaine, which is pathetic.

--

The day after, Sunil and Kurt are on a train to Trieste. It’s a city in Italy, close to the border of Slovenia. Kurt’s already taken the bus to Zagreb but it’s still mindboggling that he can just take public transport into another country. This train even continues to Austria!

Kurt’s been wanting to see Trieste for a while. He had sort of planned on going here with Blaine, since he once told Blaine that he wanted to see the city, but of course, that plan fell through. Instead, Sunil is accompanying him.

When Kurt asked Sunil if he were down for a last minute trip to Italy, Sunil yelled “Fuck yeah!” and that was that.

The trip isn’t that long and the next thing Kurt knows, he’s in fucking Italy.

Kurt and Sunil try to see the biggest sights. They go to the beautiful piazza’s and cathedrals. Kurt isn’t religious and Sunil is Buddhist, but the church did go big with the aesthetics and they can appreciate that. There’s also a castle just outside of the city centre and there is a gorgeous pier, since Trieste lies at the coast.

And there’s coffee! There is a lot of good coffee.

“The owners of the coffee brand Illy are from here,” Sunil reads from his phone and Kurt thinks he might’ve found heaven. They stop by at multiple caffetteria’s, as they’re called in Italian.

Kurt’s having a great day and sure, it does sting a bit that Blaine isn’t here, because the two of them have talked about going to Trieste, but it is what it is.

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The next day, Kurt knocks on Sunil’s door to ask if they can have breakfast in the city together.

And after classes, he texts Sunil to meet up in town to hang out at the Ljubljana river.

In the evening, he wonders if Sunil wants to grab some Boni together.

Kurt thinks he’s being such a great friend, but Sunil sets him straight.

“Look, Kurt, I’m flattered that you want to spend so much time with me, but you need to stop and think for a second,” Sunil says.

Kurt raises an eyebrow.

“We’re friends. Boni buddies and all that jazz. I like hanging out with you, but at this point I think you’re just using me to replace Blaine,” Sunil adds on.

Kurt wants to protests and tell Sunil that he is definitely wrong, but the words get stuck in his throat, because he knows that Sunil is right.

“And quite frankly, I don’t like that,” Sunil continues and Kurt feels like an ass, “I want you to hang out with me because you like me. We’re friends. I don’t want to be second best. You’re always with Blaine, sometimes even ditching me for him, and the moment he’s out of the picture, you come crawling back to me. How am I supposed to feel?”

“Sunil… I am so sorry,” Kurt says, but those words fall flat. Sunil looks really hurt. “I do like hanging out with you. I do think we’re friends and I hope to maintain that friendship even after we both go home to our own countries. But you’re right. I miss Blaine.”

“You’re forgiven,” Sunil says earnestly, “It is really crappy of Blaine to do this to you, so I get it. I just wanted to set things straight and make it clear to you.”

“Thanks. And it is crappy.”

“Won’t you see him at the game?” Sunil asks, “Maybe you can talk it out.”

“What game?”

“The rugby game,” Sunil answers.

Right. Kurt had completely forgotten about that. He, Sunil, Blaine and Quinn have tickets for a game.

“I don’t think he wants to talk,” Kurt says back, “I don’t think I should go.”

“Oh, I am definitely going,” Sunil says.

Kurt raises an eyebrow.

“Isn’t he ghosting you as well?”

Sunil nods.

“Yes, but I like rugby.”

Kurt understands what Sunil is saying, but he still thinks it’s not a good idea. Kurt also wants answers, but cornering Blaine at a public rugby game while his girlfriend is around isn’t a great idea. And he really believes that Blaine isn’t going to talk.

Blaine needs to come to Kurt. Trying to reach Blaine will only backfire.

It sucks, but it’s the truth.

“Does Tadeja like rugby?” Kurt asks.

“I don’t know. Why?”

“She should get my ticket.”

“Kurt-”

Kurt holds up his hand to silence Sunil.

“She can have my ticket. Make it a double date.”

It physically hurts to suggest that, but it’s what it is.

“… Okay.”

“Cool, I’ll e-mail it to you.”

“Right.”

“Then, I’ll just be off-”

“Woah, woah, woah!” Sunil exclaims, “What about the Boni?”

“You still want to get Boni?” Kurt asks.

Sunil looks amused.

“Of course. As I said, I needed to set things straight. You want to get Boni with me because we’re friends, and not because I am a substitute for Blaine, right?”

“Definitely!” Kurt says, and he means it. Sunil was right. Kurt did use him. But it’s a good thing Sunil called him out, because now Kurt’s aware of it and he can fully focus on just chilling with Sunil. “I’m craving Asian food.”

“Roza Slon or Bistro Suwon?”

“Let’s get fancy!”

“Suwon it is,” Sunil says, “Lead the way.”

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End notes: Unlike Kurt, I didn’t go to Trieste. I wanted to, and I planned on it, but I had a pandemic. Italy was completely off-guard in the first half of 2020. There was a trip in February, but I didn’t go, because it was very early and I was still getting used to Slovenia. I thought it was fine because I thought I had time. Ah well.

Roza Slon is a Thai place and Bistro Suwon is a Korean restaurant. Roza Slon was actually my last Boni, unknowingly. The day after, I found out that the Boni period had ended. Bistro Suwon didn’t reopen after the first wave, so I was under the impression Covid killed it (like it killed Falafel Hiša and Grill no.12, forever in my heart). I have lamented over the closing of Bistro Suwon for years, but guess what, IT DIDN’T CLOSE! I only just found out while looking it up for this chapter. Hooray!

[samaira2010]

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