Back to Zagreb.

On Saturday morning we arose early and left Vienna heading back to Zagreb.  We were on our last full day of our Fantastic European Experience before heading home the next day.  The goal was to get back to Zagreb as quickly as possible to spend more time with Carrie and Richard.  So here aresome pictures  of that day, in no particular order.

How can one resist a picture with 3 blonds in it.  Here we have Joyce, Matea and Carrie.  Matea is a dear friend of the Westergard's and we were honored and pleased to meet this energetic, talented young woman.

 The Austrian countryside was beautiful on our drive from Vienna back to Zagreb.  It was a cloudy, rainy day though which prevented us from seeing the Alps.

 Along the Autobahn.

 Bread stores are incredible.  This shop in Zagreb had on display their wares.  Some of the breads were absolutely gigantic.  I couldn't get enough of the stuff.

 Here is a view of Joyce and me above the market area in Zagreb.  It was a hazy, lazy day but it certainly wasn't summer.

 Richard and Carrie from the same spot.  Both pictures look good in my opinion.

 This old Church was right around the corner from the previous pictures.  No one is allowed in there to see it.  We didn't get an explanation but I think it is some kind of memorial or something now and the public is not admitted.

 On our last night I had high hopes of taking Richard and Carrie out to dinner.  No such luck though, Carrie insisted on cooking and it was great.  You can see the edge of the apple pie in the bottom of the picture.  I had three pieces before we left.

 Here we are the last afternoon getting ready for lunch at a little, quaint restaurant that serves soup with some bread and a few drinks.  It is a simple menu, but a successful business model.  The owners are goers and they work at it every day.

 In the market area I found this high tech scale used to weigh the produce.  It is probably the easiest and best way to do it because there isn't a lot of power available.

 You can imagine the extent of this market area.  Fresh produce everywhere, some booths sold clothing and souvenirs and the like.

 Here is Matea with us on our last night.

 Richard getting raspberries.  They are pretty good size too.

 Joyce and Carrie in the street.  The rail trams are everywhere and you have to watch where you are going either on foot or in the car so you don't get whacked by one of the trains.

 During dinner that night in Carrie and Richards apartment, their friend Matea was invited and we went to pick her up.  Sitting down she was telling me how much she loved Country music and Westerns.  I grabbed the iPad as you can see and starting playing some of the old time Country I had on it from the 50's, 60's and 70's.  She knew most of the songs.  Here you see her with a fake microphone (highlight marker) and just singing away.  It was a great time.   She said she wants to marry a cowboy in the US.  I have emailed her my favorite John Wayne movie titles and she said she is going to watch them.

That's it.  That is just a taste of our trip.  The next day we were on the plane-forever it seemed.  We arrived back in SLC at 1:30 AM and I was in the office at 8 AM going at it, in spit and blood again.