Zagreb; Monday, 28 July, 2014

Given it was Monday, very little was going to be open, so I had a very late breakfast and then wandered down to the Botanical gardens a short walk from the hotel.

I had a long walk round the gardens and then wandered back over to the funicular to head back up into the upper town.

I stopped for a long lunch in one of the few open restaurants up on the hill and then, as it was open, climbed up the Lotrscak tower to take in the views over the city, much of the view being a massive great big black cloud with lightning emanating from it.

I decided the highest exposed point in the city was probably a bad place to be standing so headed back down the tower, down into the lower town and over to my hotel which I reached with about 30 seconds to spare before an absolute cloudburst drenched the city.

The torrential downpour went on for about 2 hours, after which the worst of the humid conditions had abated and I was able to wander out to have a pre-dinner drink in a little café near the main square before heading slightly further up the road to a very nice dinner.

Back at the hotel I did a quick pack ready for the morning and then turned in.