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July 11, 2007

Hotel Palace, Zagreb

Filed under: Hrvatska — Lidija @ 10:07 am

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As a child, growing up in a small town in the northwestern part of Croatia, I remember coming to Zagreb by train and walking next to Zrinjevac park on the way to the main square, now called Jelačič Plac. I also remember walking past a hotel which to me exuded all the elegance and wealth of a world and time I thought was long forgotten. I would peek through the curtains and look at the doormen in their red uniforms and wonder what it would be like to stay at a hotel like this. As a child, or even as a teenager, I don’t think I ever believed I would be a guest at Hotel Palace.

When I decided to come to Zagreb for a few days this summer, even though I had been invited by several friends to stay at their homes, there was no doubt in my mind as to what I would do. One can go to many different places and see many different things, but for some strange reason the longings I felt as a child are always stronger than the desires of my adulthood. And, I have to say, I am at this moment very proud of myself that I was actually able to do this for myself and my daughter.

I decided a while ago I would do everything in my power to give to myself all the experiences I felt I missed out on for many years. This just may be one of my favorite ones.

Hotel Palace photos on my Photoblog.

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11 Comments »

  1. well done…you should be proud ;-)…pravo romanticno dijete ‘ribica’…i knwo exactly what you’re talking about :)have fun!

    Comment by London Column — July 11, 2007 @ 10:26 am

  2. That’s how I felt when I visited Yellowstone - living a childhood dream that you thought would never come true, yet you always knew somehow, someday you’ll get there. Enjoy!

    Comment by Jaca — July 11, 2007 @ 10:58 am

  3. Danas sam prošao Zrinjevcem od Trga do Importane centra pa stoga i pokraj hotela. Sigurno si negdje škiljila kroz prozor

    Comment by Run — July 11, 2007 @ 11:49 am

  4. Stvarno si brza ;)

    Comment by maja — July 11, 2007 @ 12:22 pm

  5. teee-heee znam gdje si :D

    Comment by ribac — July 11, 2007 @ 12:25 pm

  6. uh, bas vas je docekalo vrijeme :)

    Comment by petra zagreb — July 11, 2007 @ 5:44 pm

  7. Dreams do come true, then.
    Ja kao rodena Zagrepcanka nisam nikad bila tamo.Uvijek prevlada ostajanje s roditeljima u kucnoj radinosti.

    Comment by Zvrk — July 12, 2007 @ 12:41 am

  8. Ej, znam da si vjerojatno u stisci s vremenom, al provjeri mejl dok ces imati vremena.
    Ivan

    Comment by ibreslau — July 12, 2007 @ 5:14 am

  9. u pravu si. papcima treba pisati na engleskom. dok si hodala kao devojčica zrinjevcem pored hotela palace, dobar “je bio” s-h jezik. danas, biti gost hotela iz sjećanja & ne govoriti “novim materinjim”, ne bi bilo cool…znaš, puca, kak ja rođeni zagrepčanac, u srcu sarajlija, govorim u splitu; po komiški…žena mi komiška…ma, kakam. govori & piši kako ti najbolje odgovara…

    Comment by likma — July 13, 2007 @ 8:46 am

  10. Da, i ja kao rodjena Purgerica nemam dobrih razloga biti u bilo kojem hotelu. No Hotel Palace je meni osobno jedan od ljepsih hotela u Zg - sto radi pozicije, sto radi vanjske arhitekture, sto radi pogleda (ako si na pravoj strani). Ne znam koliko ima zvjezdica i kak’ je unutra, no izgleda sve mnogo privlacnije od Sheratona (koji, IMHO, ima odvratnu lokaciju).

    Btw, I think your readers from the US are weeping over your photoblog overload (and the fact they’re not here)… :-D They can correct me if this is not the case… ;-)

    Comment by Mirela — July 14, 2007 @ 10:12 am

  11. Potpisati cu Mirelu.

    Comment by jja — July 20, 2007 @ 3:19 pm

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