I got to Zagreb at 1:30 or so, where I took a taxi to my friend Gus’s AirBNB that he was renting for the month. He’s been in Europe for over a year at this point, and Zagreb was his favorite city to live in. It has things to do, but was less touristy, and more of a true living city than other cities that he had been in.

We spent the afternoon walking around a neighborhood that they liked. There were a few clothes shops that were open on Sunday that Gus lead me to, so I spent a bit of time buying up a few days worth of clothes.

We next went to the “Museum of Broken Relationships,” which I had previously heard about. The museum was about 4 rooms full of artifacts and stories from peoples’ broken relationships. There were some funny, some cute, some empowering, and some truly sad. It was a small museum, but definitely worth a visit.

We then visited one of Gus’s favorite places in Zagreb- a little boutique watch and sunglasses store run by an eclectic collector. I unfortunately did not write down the name of the store. It was amazing! It was run by a guy who collected old and unique watches and sunglasses. He had a watch that he had traded David Bowie his jacket for (only $400!), a watch with Saddam Hussein on it (originally given away as some part of a celebration), some sunglasses that Robert DiNiro once wore, and a bunch of old pocket watches that he had converted into wrist-watches. He offered Gus and Kate advice on sunglasses for their face-shapes, and offered to lend them as props for the music videos that they were working on.

We then went to dinner, where I had chicken confit with rosemary potatoes, and a small glass of herbal Rakia, a Croatian brandy.

After dinner, we returned to the apartment, and I prepared an Uber to take me to the train station the next morning.