In my dreams...

... I'm right here, on the island of Pag, enjoying the view and light breeze on my skin...



... in my reality, I'm here:



... well, almost there. :) This is a part of the company I work in (this part is hot dip galvanization factory). Luckily, I'm nicely tucked behind my computer in a comfy office, in a building some 20km away from the galvanization plant in the photo. However, it was cool visiting the plant, watching the process and learning all about it. Btw, the photo was taken with my Nokia N78.

March theme day: Passageway

First one, a hallway at my workplace, right in front of my office. The cone was there to avoid two broken tiles (photo taken with my Nokia N78):



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Bonus March theme day photo - from the island of Pag (Olympus E-500, wide angle lens, taken on Saturday)... This is a path along the coast, all covered with saffron flowers:



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Rowing path... Bonus trip photo: Velebit

I can't tell you the number of times I've been here. But it never seemed so big... long... you can barely spot the other side (end) of the lake straight ahead. It could be wide-angle lens optical illusion.......


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Bonus trip photo - we went to our holiday house on Saturday for the weekend. This is yesterday's view from the island of Pag towards the coast and the longest mountain in Croatia, Velebit (145km long; 10-30km wide; highest point is @1757m):

Was Monet here? Bonus trip photo: sun or clouds?

You have to wonder if the random work of nature on the lake Jarun got some help from Monet with this one:



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Bonus trip photo: stormy clouds were looming over us this evening on Pag, but the sun was working hard to show us another glorious sunset. The sun didn't win in the end, at least not until the next morning...

Zagreb's "sea" - Jarun... bonus trip photo: Adriatic sea

Even though Zagreb is in the continental part of Croatia, we do have our sea. Technically, it's a lake, called Jarun - used as a rowing center, night clubs and best parties, recreation, celebrations or family time. Pick your fun...





Water temperature in the lake is probably anywhere from 25-27C, which is almost as much as it is outside... there are no more swimmers, because they officially closed the swimming/beach season, so there are no life-guards. Judging by the way this guy was swimming, he definitely doesn't need one.

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I finally downloaded photos from my Dad's camera I took on the island of Pag this summer, so here's the real Croatian sea:



Btw, the camera is non-dSLR Sony DSC-H9...

Oktogon... bonus trip photo: Sunset clouds

Oktogon is a name for the passage between Zagreb's longest street, Ilica (packed with boutiques and shops), and the "Flower square" (the real name of the square I believe is Petar Preradovic Square, but I could be wrong):



Most people forget to look up, and they're missing quite a bit. The central dome:


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Bonus trip photo - taken a few moments before the lone boat photo in the previous post:

The path to an oasis of peace... bonus trip photo: lone boat

Right next to the Central train station, with thousands of people moving about daily, there is this oasis of peace, with a fountain, trees,... just some 50m away, the rush hour and people are bustling to get to work, from work, go shopping.....



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The bonus trip photo for the day is a boat in the middle of the sea... again in the sunset. Local fishermen use tiny boats to catch some fish for themselves or if the weather doesn't permit them to use larger boats. It is also quite a popular boat for those who have a holiday house and like to fish, but don't want to pay huge amount of money for a boat in a marine, or even pay much attention to maintaining the boat:

70yo door & hallway... and trip bonus photo: waves

Although I'm getting closer to the newer parts of the city and further away from the center, every now and then I enter these buildings dating from (pre-)WW2 (they're in a larger circle around the center, as well as in the center). Quite often their hallways show a mixture of visible aging and high quality construction work. Most of these buildings have had their "facelift" done in the past decade, and one thing remains common to all of them: interesting wooden doors with random metal patterns covering their small glass parts. This one is in a building on the square next to the Central train station (Glavni kolodvor):



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Bonus trip photo: waves crashing on the island of Pag in the sunset (right before a storm - we don't get such waves normally):