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It is a Croatian metropolis, cultural,
economical and political center of Croatia. The population of our
capital is almost a million. The Sava river flows through the city and
divides it on two parts - The Old and The New Zagreb (where our school
is located). The town is more than 900 years old, but the first
inhabitants (Illyrians, Romans) came on these territories more than 3
000 years ago. There are lot of cultural monuments: the Cathedral, The
Lotrscak Tower, Jelacic's Square, The Stone Gate, the Zoo, The Botanical
Garden, theaters (The Croatian National Theater - on the picture left),
churches, galleries, old buildings, parks, and much more to be seen by
tourist, as well. When you come to Zagreb you have to take a walk down
town, and end up, relaxing from everyday rush, on a bench in one of
Upper Town's parks. |
| We are not going to talk about Zagreb as
a place for tourists (although it surely is) but about a day in the
middle age town where we live. It's seven o'clock in the morning, people
are going to work, buses are overcrowded, and the day has just begun. On
the crossroads a few people are zigzagging among cars selling daily
newspapers and some drivers call them. The whole bunch of cars and buses
are moving very slowly, (at least five students are late for their class
every morning). While driving to work, you hear speaker's voice from the
radio telling you that there has been a car accident after the central
bridge or some rails are being repaired at the moment. That means you're
late again or you need a miracle. As the time goes by, the traffic jam
ceases, and workers are finally getting to their destinations. |
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The sun is getting higher and if there
was no city smog the sky would be clear blue. The air temperature is not
more than 18°C, but it is a kind of warm spring day for Zagrebians. It is midday
and there are only old people and little kids in the street - pupils are
in school, students have their classes, workers are still at work.
Sometimes, after school, we go in youth cafés exchanging news, talking
and teasing each other hence we cannot talk enough in school. At about
4:30 pm people are slowly going home - stacked for the second time in a
day in a mass of hundreds barely moving cars but all in opposite
direction. Buses are crowded and people can't wait to get home. |
| Weekend afternoons, there is always some
game on TV that people watch. If it is an important football game, the
whole town talks about it and the streets are empty. Football fans (Bad
Blue Boys) greatly support Dinamo, the famous football club from Zagreb.
Blue hair colored fans with blue shawls and blue flags with the blue
logos of their favorite club are major scene in blue Zagreb streets (now
you understand the title above!). Saturday evenings young people spend
in different clubs or cafés - it depends on the kind of music they like
or where they live. Although Sunday is supposed to be the day of rest,
we concentrate on studying mostly because Saturdays we go to parties. |
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