【歐洲自駕遊】Croatia 克羅地亞。Zagreb 詳細行程第一日 Day 1「Hi! Beautiful City」

中午12點左右, 我們終於坐完總共約15小時飛機, 來到克羅地亞的ZAG機埸。

由於我在租車的時候太急趕 (原因是有關幫菲傭申請Visa, 以後再寫), 沒有認真確定所選的車型是否合適便付款了, 所以這時候SIXT的職員跟我說這款車可能不夠我們坐, 幫我們upgrade了兩次, 終於租到這次陪伴我們11日行程的車了！

下午1點40分左右開始駕車, 抵達 apartment 時, 屋主已經在等我們, 因為途中我透過 booking.com send message 給他, 說我們會比預期的3點鐘早到。

放下行李休息一會 (小朋友就當然是在玩) 就出去了。
Apartment 的位置不錯, 位於 upper town 的 Radićeva Street。

在歐洲的街頭漫步是一件多令人響往的事！
小孩子自由自在地隨處走，開心極了！

首先當然是要去吃東西。之前做資料搜集時找到了這間：Submarine Burger, 第一餐就在這裡吃。哥哥很喜歡這間餐廳, 說下次一定要再來吃! 下次的意思是, 這次旅行要再吃多一次。

好 surprise！就在餐廳門外附近就有一小片遊樂設施, 兩個小朋友都要玩嘛！

旁邊有間 United Colors of Benetton。

小遊樂埸位置：

斜對面有個 shopping mall : Centar Cvjetni

在官網看到有這些店舖 (我們沒有入去)。

其他 shopping mall 可瀏覽：https://www.inyourpocket.com/zagreb/shopping/shoppingcentres

這邊有幾間花店。

天氣很冷…在這個小小的遊樂埸玩了不到10分鐘, 我們便繼續行程。

雖然原本計劃好了一些景點, 不過那些都只是「指引」, 通常都不能跟足！所以就朝著景點的大概位置, 走到 “Ban Jelačić Square” (Trg bana Jelačića)

Ban Josip Jelačić 的雕像, 是「到此一遊」的打卡位！有興趣研究這位 Croatian hero 的可以看這裡。

文中比較有趣的地方是:

If today you took a closer look at this magnificent bronze statue and the horse that Jelačić is riding, you may wonder why it only has one leg in the air. This would once symbolize the hero died from injuries sustained in battle. Both legs raised in the air would mean that the hero was killed in battle, and all four feet on the ground implied the hero died of natural causes.

原來雕像所騎的馬, 也代表著這位英雄是怎樣去世的！

Ban Jelačić Square

在面向雕像的右邊有這個小小的噴水池, 名字是 “Manduševac”。原來此水池與 Zagreb 這個名字起源有關！

The Manduševac Fountain was built above a natural spring that provided Zagreb with drinking water right up until the end of the 19th century. Court records about the persecution of witches mention the spring as their main meeting point. There is also a legend connecting the spring with the name of the city. Namely, one sunny day an old Croatian war leader was returning from battle tired and thirsty, and asked a beautiful girl Manda to scoop up some water from the spring for him. The Croatian word for “to scoop up water” is “zagrabiti”. So the spring got the name Manduševac, after the girl, and the town got the name Zagreb after the scoop of water.