Left by chance?

City company which takes care of all the green areas in the city was very busy mowing, cutting, mowing, more mowing... by chance, or maybe on purpose, these were left alone:

Clouds, clouds, ominous clouds || Bonus trip photo: staircase

After scorching heat of temperatures over 35C and high humidity, we finally have a promise of cool night and good sleep:


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Bonus trip photo comes from Rome; staircases are not ordinary there:



This one is at the Vatican Museums...

Maksimir heaven 3

Again, near the entrance to the ZOO:

Maksimir heaven 2

Just a random and a bit more elaborate arbor near the ZOO:

Maksimir heaven 1

The largest park in Zagreb, Maksimir, on the hillsides of mountain Medvednica is a true heaven these days, when the temperatures reach 35C or over (cca. 100F). With area of 316ha, it contains lakes, streams, patches of forest, long pathway for strolling, jogging, biking,.... and the ZOO.

Here's the main path that leads from the main entrance to the view point:

Croatian National Theater

IMHO, the outside doesn't do the justice to the glorious interior:

Hidden treasure

Next to a window in the Upper town is this lonely wild flower:

Inevitable

Behind Zagreb's central train station ("Glavni kolodvor") is the inevitable sight:

July Theme Day: Reflections

Check out worldly reflections: Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Bye bye blackbird

Here's my feathery neighbor, a blackbird:



Just as the songs says, he sings the blues all day... :)

Capturing a moment...

Inside St. Marko's church

A month ago was the first time ever I've entered St. Marko's church in the Old (Upper) town in Zagreb. Unlike its boastful and very famous roof with painted tiles (see here for some of the outside photos), the inside of the church is much simpler, yet beautiful, with true pieces of art (sculptures, frescoes etc.) shyly showing their beauty. Here's one:



PS. Sorry about the low quality photo, this was taken with my Nokia cell...

Fire in a classroom's corner and glagolitic alphabet

Another detail from another classroom:



Although this painted wall is interesting, I wonder if it causes pupils to be a bit more aggressive than usual because of the fire's image influence on their subconsciousness...

Btw, the weird script below the white board is so-called glagoljica or Glagolitic alphabet (don't mix it with Cyrillic), dating from around 9th century AD, and is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. Latin alphabet prevailed later on, and around 19th century, Glagolitic alphabet was made obsolete (it was officially made obsolete long before that, but it hung on here and there).

Just in case you were wondering, my name, Mirela, in Glagolitic, looks like this:

Smart police

I'm not quite sure what they can use this tiny car for. Chasing speeding drivers definitely isn't it. Maybe chasing slower cyclists? Or faster pedestrians :) Hmmm...

Either way, it's the first police Smart car I've seen in Zagreb or Croatia: