8:45 pm. Lots of walking, touristy stuff, a professional nap, a ride in a funicular, and several different kinds of cakes, pastries and gelato. It's a good thing we are walking a lot.
In the morning we walked to the Jelacic Square, a large open area surrounded by historic buildings with 2 very ugly digital advertising boards on the roofs of 2 beautiful buildings, not a good fit.
Pictures below of the Dolac Market, a huge farmer's market with rows of meat, cheese, bread, fruits and vegetables. It is impressive and open every day.
When strolling through the area called the Kaptol, we stumbled into a formal procession of uniformed guards reenacting some kind of military inspection right in front of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary, better known as the Cathedral. Construction of the original Cathedral began in 1094 with several updates, reconstructions and additions. A major rebuild took place of the Cathedral and lots of other buildings after a major earthquake in 1880.
On our way to visit the Croatian Museum of Naive Art we passed the Museum of Broken Relationships and kept walking just to be safe. The Naive art museum was pretty good exhibiting paintings from what are sometimes called primitive or peasant artists from the 20th century. Susie's attempt to have some culture rub off on me was valient.
The picture of the church with the colorful roof tile is St. Mark's Church built in the 13th century. The inside of the church is absolutely gorgeous with the ceiling covered in gold leave and each wall having at least one beautiful stained glass window.
Nearby was the Croatian Sabor or Parliament buildings. Also mixed in was my picture taken next to the national water and hydrologic institute and a plaque and statue of Victor Tesla, namesake of the electric car company.
We had to enter the Gric Tunnels which were built for protection during World War II. I also included a picture of an emergency evacuation sign which are everywhere and we thought pretty funny.
Incredible pictures and finally got to see the bike. I was starting to think you had rented a moped
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