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Day 1 --- On the Way to East Europe Back to page top |
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01-01 Taiwan Taoyuan Airport --- Beginning of Trip |
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01-02 Hong Kong International Airport --- 1st Transfer Stop |
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D01_02-01_At Hong Kong Airport |
D01_02-02_A look at Hong Kong Airport |
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01-03 Munich Airport --- 2nd Transfer Stop |
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| D01_03-01_A shot at Munich Airport | D01_03-02_A shot at Munich Airport 2 |
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01-04 Graz Airport --- End of Flight |
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| D01_04-01_Arriving at Graz Airport in Austria | D01_04-02_Graz Airport in Austria |
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02-01-01 Maribor (I) --- Trg Svobode (Freedom Square) |
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| D02_01-01-01_Maribor---WWII Monument to the People's Liberation Movement at Trg Svobode (Freedom Square) | D02_01-01-02_Maribor---Franciscan Church at Trg Svobode (Freedom Square) |
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02-01-02 Maribor (II) --- Franciscan Church (near Trg Svobode) |
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| D02_01-02-01_Maribor--Franciscan Church-exterior | D02_01-02-02_Maribor--Franciscan Church-interior |
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02-01-03 Maribor (III) --- Old town streets |
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| D02_01-03-01_Going through old town street 1 | D02_01-03-02_Going through old town street 2 |
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02-01-04 Maribor (IV) --- Synagogue (猶太教會堂) and Jewish Tower |
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| D02_01-04-01_Synagogue | D02_01-04-02_Jewish Tower |
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02-01-05 Maribor (V) --- Drava River side |
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| D02_01-05-01_Drava River side 1 | D02_01-05-01_Drava River side 2 |
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02-01-06 Maribor (VI) --- House of Old Vine (Hisa Stara trta) |
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| D02_01-06-01_The Old Vine House (Hisa Stare Trte) | D02_01-06-02_Oldest vine (Guinness record) |
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02-01-07 Maribor (VII) --- Glavni Trg (Main Square) |
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| D02_01-07-01_Glavni Trg (Main Square) with Town Hall | D02_01-07-02_Plague Memorial at Glavni Trg |
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02-01-08 Maribor (VIII) --- Lunch at Gostilna Restaurant |
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| D02_01-08-01_Lunch at Gostilna Three Ponds Restaurant ( "Pri Treh ribnikih" )(300 years old) | D02_01-08-02_Soup we had with steak (untasteful to me) |
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02-02-01 Ljubljana (I) --- Taking funicular (纜索) ride up to Ljubljana Castle |
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| D02_02-01-01_Taking funicular ride up to Ljubljana Castle (bird view of Ljubljana) | D02_02-01-02_Fig tree seen in Ljubljana Castle |
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02-02-02 Ljubljana (II) --- Ljubljana Castle |
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| D02_02-01-01_Taking funicular ride up to Ljubljana Castle (bird view of Ljubljana) | D02_02-01-02_Fig tree seen in Ljubljana Castle |
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02-02-03 Ljubljana (III) --- Chapel in Ljubljana Castle |
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| D02_02-03-01_Ljubljana Castle Chapel-front | D02_02-03-02_Ljubljana Castle Chapel-ceiling |
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02-02-04 Ljubljana (IV) --- Dragon Bridge (Zmajski most) |
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| D02_02-04-01_Dragon Bridge on Ljubljana River | D02_02-04-02_Dragon statue on the bridge |
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02-02-05 Ljubljana (V) --- St. Nicolas Cathedral |
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| D02_02-05-01_St. Nicolas-door Cathedral - door | D02_02-05-02_St. Nicolas Cathedral - interior |
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02-02-06 Ljubljana (VI) --- City Hall |
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| D02_02-06-01_City Hall | D02_02-06-02_Robbov Fountain (Robbov vodnjak) --- An emulation of 4-Rivers Fountain in Rome |
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02-02-07 Ljubljana (VII) --- Presernov Square (the city center) |
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| D02_02-07-01_Presernov Square --- Presern's Monument and Central Pharmacy building | D02_02-07-02_Triple-Bridge and St. Franciscan Church in Presernov Square |
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02-03-01 Lake Bled area (I) --- Bled Castle |
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| D02_03-01-01_Bled Castle seen from Kompas Hotel | D02_03-01-02_Courtyard of Bled Castle |
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02-03-02 Lake Bled area (II) --- Bled Lake seen from Bled Castle |
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| D02_03-02-01_Bled Lake seen from Bled Castle | D02_03-02-02_Bled Island in the lake |
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02-03-03 Lake Bled area (III) --- Dinner at Bled Castle Restaurant |
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| D02_03-03-01_Exterior of Bled Castle Restaurant | D02_03-03-02_Interior of Bled Castle Restaurant |
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02-03-04 Lake Bled area (IV) --- Stay overnight at Hotel Kompas |
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| D02_03-04-01_Hotel Kompas in Lake Bled area | D02_03-04-02_Flags of the Hotel, Slovenia, and EURO |
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03-01-01 Vintgar Gorge (I) --- Beauty of Water |
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| D03_01-01-01_Vintgar Gorge 1 | D03_01-01-02_Vintgar Gorge 2 |
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03-01-02 Vintgar Gorge (II) --- Beauty of Light |
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| D03_01-02-01_Vintgar Gorge 3 | D03_01-02-02_Vintgar Gorge 4 |
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03-01-03 Vintgar Gorge (III) --- Beauty of Constructs |
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| D03_01-03-01_Vintgar Gorge 5 | D03_01-03-02_Vintgar Gorge 6 |
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03-01-04 Vintgar Gorge (IV) --- Shots of family |
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| D03_01-04-01_A happy tour | D03_01-04-02_A magnificent river valley |
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03-02-01 Lake Bled area (V) --- Beauty of Bled Lake |
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| D03_02-01-01_Beauty of Bled Lake 1 | D03_02-01-02_Beauty of Bled Lake 2 |
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03-02-02 Lake Bled area (VI) --- Activities in Bled Lake |
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| D03_02-02-01_Swimming in Bled Lake | D03_02-02-02_Swan in Bled Lake |
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03-02-03 Lake Bled area (VII) --- Crossing the lake |
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| D03_02-03-01_Showing National Flag of Slovenia | D03_02-03-02_Teacher Lin an artist showing his painting of Bled Castle |
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03-02-04 Lake Bled area (VIII) --- Bled Island seen from the lake surface |
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| D03_02-04-01_Bled Island seen from lake surface 1 | D03_02-04-02_Bled Island seen from lake surface 2 |
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03-02-05 Lake Bled area (IX) --- Bled Castle seen from the lake surface |
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| D03_02-05-01_Bled Castle seen from the lake surface 1 | D03_02-05-02_Bled Castle seen from the lake surface 2 |
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03-02-06 Lake Bled area (X) --- On Bled Island |
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| D03_02-06-01_Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary | D03_02-06-02_Have a rest on a meadow |
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03-02-07 Lake Bled area (X) --- Lunch at Gostilna Murka Restaurant |
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| D03_02-07-01_Lunch at Gostilna Murka Restaurant (near Lake Bled) | D03_02-07-02_The soup we had with a delicious fish (not shown) |
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03-03-01 Postojna Cave (I) --- Outside the cave |
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| D03_03-01-01_Postojna Cave - Information Center | D03_03-01-02_Postojna Cave - Souvenir shop |
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03-03-02 Postojna Cave (II) --- Inside the cave |
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| D03_03-02-01_Postojna Cave --- we took tram ride into big interior | D03_03-02-02_Postojna Cave --- a shot of interior |
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03-03-03 Postojna Cave (III) --- More of interior scenes |
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| D03_03-03-01_More of interior stalactite scenes 1 --- stalagmite | D03_03-03-02_More of interior stalactite scenes 2 --- drapery |
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03-04 Predjama Castle (Grad Predjama) |
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| D03_04-01_Predjama Castle | D03_04-02_An old but hollow tree nearby |
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03-05-01 Opatija, Croatia (I) --- "Recreation city of the rich" |
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| D03_05-01-01_Strolling in Opatija streets 1 | D03_05-01-02_Strolling in Opatija streets 2 |
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03-05-02 Opatija, Croatia (II) --- Stay overnight in Hotel Bristol |
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| D03_05-02-01_Hotel Bristol --- exterior | D03_05-02-02_Hotel Bristol --- room |
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03-05-03 Opatija, Croatia (III) --- dinner in Hotel Bristol |
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| D03_05-03-01_We had dinner in the hotel | D03_05-03-02_Dessert |
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Day 4 --- Croatia-2 Back to page top |
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04-01-01 Opatija, Croatia (IV) --- Strolling at Adriatic Sea shore |
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| D04_01-01-01_Strolling at Adriatic Sea shore 1 ('Little Mermaid' by famous sculptor Ivan Mestrovic) | D04_01-01-02_Strolling at Adriatic Sea shore 2 |
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04-01-02 Opatija, Croatia (V) --- Easy morning walk |
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| D04_01-02-01_In Park Angiolina near the hotel | D04_01-02-02_A statue (by famous sculptor Ivan Mestrovic) seen garden of a hotel |
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04-02-01 Karlova (I) --- Museum of Homeland War at Turanj, Karlovac |
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| D04_02-01-01_Museum of Homeland War 1 | D04_02-01-02_Museum of Homeland War 2 |
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04-02-02 Karlovac (II) --- Lunch at Korana Hotel beside Korana River |
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| D04_02-02-01_Lunch in Koran Hotel beside Korana River | D04_02-02-02_A meal of our lunch |
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04-02-03 Karlovac (III) --- Korana River side (near above lunch place) |
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| D04_02-03-01_Korana River side 1 --- tall poplar trees | D04_02-03-02_Korana River side 2 --- people in leisure time |
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04-02-04 Karlovac (IV) --- Downtown streets |
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| D04_02-04-01_Downtown Karlovac | D04_02-04-02_A city once destroyed by war |
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04-02-05 Karlovac (V) --- Trg bana J. Jelacica (Jelačić's Square) |
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| D04_02-05-01_The Most Holy Trinity Church and Franciscan Monatery | D04_02-05-02_a votive column in dedication to Madonna after 1691 plague |
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04-02-06 Karlovac (VI) --- More street scenes I |
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| D04_02-06-01_City hall in Strossmayerov trg | D04_02-06-02_Gun shots seen on the wall (caused by Croatian War of Independence) |
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04-02-07 Karlovac (VI) --- More street scenes II |
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| D04_02-07-01_National flag | D04_02-07-02_A beer brand with name of the city |
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04-03-01 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (I) --- Street scenes |
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| D04_03-01-01_Street scene 1 in Zagreb | D04_03-01-02_Street scene 2 in Zagreb |
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04-03-02 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (II) --- Graffiti almost everywhere |
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| D04_03-02-01_Graffiti paintings almost everywhere in streets of Zagreb 1 | D04_03-02-02_Graffiti paintings almost everywhere in streets of Zagreb 2 |
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04-03-03 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (III) --- St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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| D04_03-03-01_St. Stephen's Cathedral (exterior) | D04_03-03-02_St. Stephen's Cathedral (interior) |
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04-03-04 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (IV) --- In front of St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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| D04_03-04-01_Square in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral | D04_03-04-02_A remain of a castle next to St. Stephen's Cathedral |
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04-03-05 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (V) --- Ban Jelacic Square |
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| D04_03-05-01_Ban Jelacic Square | D04_03-05-02_Ban Joship Jelacic statue (commemorating battle against Hungary in 1848) |
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04-03-06 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (VI) - Interesting scenes around the square |
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04-03-07 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (VII) - Famous statue and little church |
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| D04_03-07-01_Statue of St. George & the Dragon | D04_03-07-02_St. Mark's Church under Stone Gate |
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04-03-08 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (VIII) - St. Marco Church |
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| D04_03-08-01_St. Marco Church - with mosaic patterns of national coat (盾形紋章) of arms on roof | D04_03-08-02_St. Marco Church - old statues above doorway |
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04-03-09 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (IX) - Croatian parliament & government |
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| D04_03-09-01_Croatian Parliament beside St. Marco Church Square | D04_03-09-02_Croatian Government beside St. Marco Church Square |
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04-03-10 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (IX) - Kula Lotrscak (Lotrscak Tower) |
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| D04_03-10-01_Kula Lotrscak (Lotrscak Tower) as a belvedere (瞭望塔) | D04_03-10-02_A painters' market nearby |
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04-03-11 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (XI) - Shopping center --- Centar Kaptol |
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| D04_03-11-01_Centar Kaptol - a shopping mall we visited | D04_03-10-02_A scene outside the mall |
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04-03-12 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (XII) - Dinner at Asia Restaurant |
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| D04_03-12-01_Top of a shopping street | D04_03-12-02_Dinner at Asia Restaurant |
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04-03-13 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (XIII) - Stay overnight at Sheraton Hotel (I) |
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| D04_03-13-01_Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb | D04_03-13-02_Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb |
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04-03-14 Zagreb, capital of Croatia (XIV) - Stay overnight at Sheraton Hotel (II) |
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| D04_03-14-01_Two pretty paintings in the hotel 1 | D04_03-14-02_Two pretty paintings in the hotel 2 |
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