Zagreb, Marketplace

The marketplace in Zagreb was one of the largest, and best organized that we saw in Yugoslavia. At the bottom of the steps leading from the town square to the market, we stopped in a bakery and bought a very nice loaf of bread for about a dime. The dual spires of the Cathedral are tall and slim, and the inside of the church is well maintained. We don’t know how much it might be used on Sunday morning, but there were plenty of people there on a Thursday morning.

At the Nama Department Store, a couple of blocks from the market, I bought a very nice cane for my walking stick collection, it only cost $2.50. Later as I thought about it, I couldn’t believe I didn’t buy a dozen, they would have made nice gifts. The Center Court of the Nama Department Store has a stained glass ceiling that reminds us of the Galleries Lafayette on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, and the defunct City of Paris Department Store, at one time next to Union Square in San Francisco.