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Friday, February 24, 2017

Walking around Samobor Town

Friday 27/01/17  Photos of our walk around the town of Samobor.

Samobor is a town 25 km away from Zagreb.  It is one of the oldest and most popular excursion destinations for residents in the capital, hikers and tourists.

We managed to collect some brochures from Samobor Tourist Board.



According to the brochure there are 19,000 inhabitants in Samobor.  We do not see many people walking around though.  Are they all still working?  Maybe it is winter time.



What is a Flying Dutchman doing here?







St Anastasia's Church.



Gradna Creek







Bridge over Gradna Creek.



The statue of the first and so far the only honorary mayor of Samobor, Ivica Sudnik, is installed in front of Samobor Museum.  There is a video of what is in the musuem at this link.



King Tomislav Square, the administrative, governing and cultural center of the town.  It is also the marketplace, where festivities, church feasts, political meetings, etc, are held on a daily, weekly or annual basis.

You can drink tap spring water from a bricked up well in its centre of the square.



Sections have been cordoned off with barricades as the ice has not melted off the square.



Umbrella folded up and kept aside when food are not served outside the restaurants during winter.



A sign showing how to get to Grgos Cave.



Overall this looks like a nice place to walk or cycle through.


Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Inside Grgos Cave

Friday 27/01/17 Getting ready to enter the cave.



It is dark and cold in the cave.  It was alright for us as we were properly dressed for winter.  Visitors dressed for summer will find it very chilly inside.



Though lighting were installed, it cannot be too bright to prevent algae from growing.









Sometimes we have to bend over to move forward as the passage is narrower.



We must be careful as we move along the cave route to avoid damaging any of the formation that have been created for over thousands of years.







You can see that one of the stalactites has been broken in this photo.



Luckily we could make use of our handphone light when the torch light ran out of battery.



There is an outlet in the roof of the cave.


More photos of Grgos Cave can be view from their website.