Monday, November 29, 2010.
Today we flew out of JIA airport to Atlanta to fly international to Paris, France and then Zagreb, Croatia. It was an extremely packed flight and very warm, but we both had aisle seats. Daddy paid $46.00 online last night for the luggage and then found out all international flights wave that fee. We fly out of Atlanta at 3:45 to Paris for an 8 hour flight. This flight wasn't full, so I had an empty seat beside me. YES!
It was chilly and very cloudy in Atlanta and they call for it to be unseasonably cold in Paris. The dinner was really good with white meat chicken, sweet potato puree, green beans, salad, cheese, crackers and a triple chocolate brownie. The flight seemed really long and we arrived in Paris at 5:30 AM on Tuesday, the 30th. It is dark outside, even at 7:30 AM and snow is laying on the roofs, grass and cars. Our flight to Zagreb, Croatia is at 9:45 AM and is to be 2 hours long. The time difference between Paris and home is 6 hours so it is now 2 AM at home.
The young girls here wear very long shirts or very short shirt dresses with leggings underneath covered with thick knee highs and short boots. What a combination, but it looks okay on them! It's supposed to be snowing in Zagreb now and 80% chance of snow the next 3 days! We are to stay overnight here then board a bus for a 4 hour drive to Zadar, a coastal town on the Adriatic Sea.
Zagreb has snow on the ground and roads, but the city is very clean. Daddy's luggage didn't arrive in Zagreb when we did. They only have 2 flights a day, so hopefully, it'll be here in another 6 hours. The Zagreb Palace Hotel is gorgeous! It must be a 5 star. It has damask drapes, thick inlaid carpet, crystal chandeliers, inlaid wooden tables and walls, even their towels have their names woven into the weave! Our room is a mini suite with a living room separate from the bedroom. Of course, all across Europe the beds are always 2 twin beds pushed together with percale duvets on top. We were able to open the windows to cool off the room. Because of the snow they have heated the room way too much for us. We also had a huge jacuzzi tub which most of the other couples in our group didn't have. It sure felt good after that long plane ride. Our dinner was delicious with a choice of white or red wine, salad with arugula, radicchio in balsalmic vineigrette , carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, a noodle and cheese strudel which is a local speciality( called mlinci) and 5 different desserts from which to
choose. Our bathroom has a radiator to warm the whole room which is covered in a white porcelain substance to be used as a towel warmer also. How about that!!!! This hotel is the oldest in Zagreb (1891) but is so well kept up, it just oozes European charm. The airport-aireaka- is the largest in Croatia and is used mostly by Hungary.
Wednesday,December 1, 2010.
It snowed quite a bit overnight. It's on all the roof tops, streets and trees. They have blue streetcars that ride down both sides of the street right next to the curbs. Our bus picked us up at the hotel and we rode for 4 hours to the coast. The closer we got to the mountains the more snow was falling. The roads were slippery because we saw 3 cars that had overturned on the side of the highway. But our bus.driver did well; we weren't even scared. The trees are so covered with snow they looked flocked! It's absolutely gorgeous ! At one of the gas station stops they had very tiny woven straw Xmas ornaments like angels and bells no more than an inch high. I'll have to see if I can buy some of them. Funny - our bus is called Gulliver Travel. The closer to the coast we go, the snow is now changing to rain because we are over the mountain. Zagreb is in the interior of Croatia. Zadar is on the coast and that is where our boat picks us up.
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