Zagreb & Vienna - Christmas Time

This is going to be a short travel diary of this Christmas’ travels. My parents and I travelled to Croatia and Austria for a couple days before the New Year.

First, we flew to Vienna, as there are no flights from Mallorca to Zagreb. We hired a car there and drove all the way to Zagreb that same night.

This was our first morning in Zagreb, we went to see the Cathedral of Zagreb and some other important buildings. We wandered around the not too crowded streets and were able to see a couple of beautiful Christmas markets (Zagreb has been repeatedly been voted best Christmas market in Europe!).

The outdoor markets were also beautiful, the fruit looked incredible and there were many varieties of local honey being sold.

We went up a very tall building to see the views of the Ban Josip Jelačić Square, one of the most famous squares in Zagreb.

The food at the Christmas markets was incredible! Aside from pretty much everything in Croatia being cheaper than in Spain, the variety of food is amazing and delicious. We tried some Impossible Foods hot dogs that tasted pretty much like a German sausage.

We also had some typical holiday time street food called Fritule. They were some fried dough balls covered in all sorts of toppings, from chocolate to sprinkles and boozy sauces.

A cool thing we experienced were the Grič Tunnels, which had been adorned for Christmas. The Christmas spirit really was everywhere in Zagreb. There was even a train going around the city with a father Christmas and elves inside.

And now for Vienna. We only spent one day there, as we were really only staying there to be closer to the airport, and seeing as we had all already been there we didn’t want to spend more time there.

We got a guided tour through the Vienna State Opera, where we got to visit the backstage of the main stage and see many of the important rooms in the building.

On the 31^st, we flew back to Mallorca to spend the New Year with some family friends and school friends. It’s always cool experiencing how different countries experience the holidays and how different they are to my own country.

Lots of love,

Lucia x