Sunday in Zagreb

Sunday is a nice relaxing day for the the natives and the tourists as well. I got out earlier for a little walking tour. There was a half marathon this morning that got people out, but nothing in Croatia is open on a Sunday.

Most of us in the hostel have just been sitting around watching movies. We watched the movies in English. The Croatians aren't big on dubbing, they just put in subtitles. We watched "21" (the card-counting blackjack movie with Kevin Spacey... interesting), "The Bank Job" (A film based on a real life bank robbery, involving a lot of government coverup and dirty photos of a princess... good, but saddening), and "Fools Gold" (Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson picture about finding shipwrecks... different and cute). One of the guys running the place was saying that he gets the movies before they are even out in theaters in Croatia, I felt a little shamed in breaking any laws, but these are all movies that are already on video in the U.S. so not that big a deal. It would be different if we were watching the yet unreleased Harry Potter pic.

I finished the day with a bit of walking and a Kebab, cheap and easy. I have to keep reminding myself that the Kuna is way cheaper than the dollar, so taking 200 kuna out of the cash machine is only taking about 50 dollars out. It just gets a little scary when a Kebab costs 20 kuna, and at first I am going "THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS, wait that's not euros, Ok."

Everyone here seems really relaxed and laid back which is nice. When traveling like this you feel a little guilty about not being out every second of every day seeing and doing things, but when almost everyone else in the hostel is sitting around watching movies with you, it seems alright. Well I am off to bed soon after a stop at the little boys' room, which is down an interesting flight of stairs, so better to do now while still alert as opposed to scrambling for the light. Which I had to do last night.... not fun!