Croatia day 3

I spent all day on a coach. 


Well, not quite. This morning I walked up Marjan Hill for the view over Split. It was a beautiful view, and fully worth the sun-headache that plagued me the rest of the day. Note to self, never travel without hat again. My coach to Zagreb left at 11.30, arrived at 5 so relatively long day. I had a book, but oh boy did I miss my ipod - another mental note to get it fixed. I made sure I was fully provisioned from a market in Split before getting onboard. I got apples from a blind granny with knobbly hands, bananas and satsumas from an old guy with no English who was unbelievably chatty nontheless and wanted to know about my hand, and pastries from a 24hr bakery. 

I saw the fringes of Krka National Park from the window and we paused at a service station by the lower reaches of the river that runs through it. That's something else to come back to - the pictures of the Krka waterfalls look amazing. 

I was tired out by the time I got to Zagreb, but I needed to get some dinner so I hopped on a tram into the centre of town (my hostel, Hostel Lika, being rather our of the centre). I got off at the main square (Trg bana Josipa Jelačića) and was immediately drawn into watching "Leopard Man" doing a street show, the climax of which was a handstand on tiny chair 3m off ground, followed by fire juggling up there too. Oh those crazy Aussies...