12 hours, 12 photos

Something different: I decided to do a small photo project just to see how it would turn out, 12 hours 12 photos. Pretty straight forward: take one photo every hour where ever you are. Zagreb seemed to be a fitting city for this project and it was a bit of an unusual day for me so why not?

This is the main square in the old town in Zagreb. The cathedral is getting cleaned... like just about every other church in Europe.

I took a stroll to the huge inner city park where the zoo is located. It was a long walk so an hour later I wasn't there yet but this shop sign made me laugh.

Back from my long walk, this is my dorm... nap time!

Lunch! The most amazing pasta with pesto I have had since Florence, Italy!

Notice board in the hostel kitchen. Where to eat, what to do, how to get a free beer... everything a traveler needs!

Snapped this one on my walk to the train station.

Yeah! European hockey! I met a photographer on the train from Sarajevo to Zagreb a few days ago. He was in Sarajevo covering the "Brangelina" event and we got to talking about Canada which of course lead to talking about hockey. Long story short, he invited me to a playoff game Zagreb vs a Czech team on Sunday. The Zagreb team is about 50% Canadian players as well as a Canadian head coach. We had 4th row seats which was pretty cool. This is the warm-up... Czech team is in white.

Player intros.

The most AMAZING hockey fans! Matko describes them as "drunk football (aka soccer) fans at a hockey game". I haven't been to a football game in Europe before but I have seen them on tv and would have to agree. The fans were on their feet the whole game, singing and chanting the entire game. They must have had at least 12 different chants and songs. A group of fans behind us had huge drums and were pounding on them leading the crowd in songs/chants. It was an amazing experience.

The Czech team has a Canadian player who was in jail for 6 years for hiring a hitman to murder his agent. This isn't him... it just reminded me of that story. It was front page news of the local newspaper on the day of the game.

Final score: Medvescak 3, Znojmo 1

Medvescak is pronounced med-VES-chuck.

Back at the hostel... one more photo before my 12 hours was up...




I couldn't end this post with a photo of chairs so saved this one for last. Croatians are awesome... they didn't have a singer for their national anthem, they had a guy drum the national anthem! He was amazing and the crowed went NUTS when he finished. Think Travis Barker but better.

Kylie