Last day - our goodbyes to Croatia

  Yesterday afternoon we went shopping around Zadar.  When we returned to the room, the door was ajar.  Nothing was taken, and my valuables were on me, so no idea what happened.  We had checked the door when we left.  We went out for dinner at an Italian place across the street and ate like pros, it was our first meal of the day. At bedtime, we double checked the door, and even piled luggage in front of it as a high security stop point for would be intruders.  An hour later, the door clicked and slightly opened.  Nobody in the hall. We notified the manager.  I found that if I pushed and pulled the door real quick, it would unlatch.  The wind was doing it.  No ghosts.

We left in the morning for Smiljan, to the birthplace of Nikola Tesla.  There is a nice small museum and visitors center, with demonstrations of real Tesla coils.



We headed to Gospić, a few minutes away and did some souvenir shopping, then got back on the tollway, headed for the airport.  We dropped off the car and cousin Tomek took us for dinner in Zagreb at Stara Sava pizzeria.  I highly recommend the turkey steak with cream sauce and capers on croquettes.  We went to Tomek’s hometown of Samobor and had a piece of Kremsnite, which is a thick layer of light yellow custard between flaky pastry.  It is a Samobor specialty.  We also tried a layered chocolate torte.


We walked around Samobor late in the evening.  It is a beautiful town.  We feel sorry to not see it in the day.




Afterwards,  we met Tomek’s parents and had a good discussion about family in Croatia and memories they had of Lika.  It was late, so Tomek took us to the airport after midnight for our 5:45am flight.  A flight too early to make it worth getting any sleep in a hotel. So here we sit.

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