zagreb, HR

what is on the half way between bratislava, SK and southern dalmatia, HR? yes, you are right, it is zagreb, the capital of croatia, CRO. well, after the funeral of my mother we were happy to move forward, see s.th. new and leave most of the sad thoughts for some time behind us ....

our hotel dubrovnik was in the very city center in the lower old town, so it was a great starting point for the sightseeing. any insider hint? if planning to sleep there, book your stay directly at the hotel website. why? you can park for free then and otherwise you have to pay a quite high parking fee of about (10-)15-20 euro per night, you know?

zagreb (ZG) looks often somehow broken and destroyed, but really nice, if you asked me. enjoy few pictures 😄

the night life street with restaurants, bars, music. 'our' restaurant 'pivnica mali medo' aka 'cellar small bear' with croatian craft beer and live music from the 1st floor through an open window 😄

the old name of zagreb was AGRAM. author: Janez Vajkard Valvasor, 1689. source wikipedia

on the road: the drava river (drau) short after entering croatia from hungary

zagreb, old city center in the lower town

cathedral in kaptol in upper town (gornji grad)

many beautiful facades out there

this smelly passage is the shortcut from the parking place to our hotel dubrovnik

hotel dubrovnik in zagreb (ZG), hrvatska

there was a loooong tunnel between the lower and upper city center and a cable car, too

view down from the upper town

two of us inside an orthodox church in the upper town

the central church in the upper town

many. many prayers out there

old meets new in zagreb

the market in the downtown city center

leaving zagreb --> my worst ever rain while driving the car ⛈☁🚙 ... 

but the stupid man-made traffic jam at the highway toll station in direction ljubljana (slovenia) + the next jam only few minutes later at the croatian-slovenian border were worse than the rain 😇

do YOU see the road? 😇🚗🍀

more pictures here.

R.I.P dear MAMA

R.I.P dear MAMA (27.02.1947 - 18.07.2022).

liebe mama, ich danke dir. ruhe in frieden und ruhe sanft.

mother + son, 2019

funeral in bratislava (pressburg). combined in slovak & german language. on a beautiful sunny friday, 22.07.2022. many thanks to the evangelic pastor. she was so kind, she found so nice words and sung so nice for my mother & all of us to make the final farewell easier ...

Liebe Mama, seit meinem ersten Tag warst Du da. Jetzt hast Du Dich entschieden zu gehen 😕. Du hast Dich um mich, um uns 4 Kinder, sooo viel gekümmert und gesorgt ... für die Schule, Freizeit, Sport ... Mama, Mama, Mama, Du hast Dir oft den schwierigsten Weg ausgesucht ... Was möchte ich Dir noch sagen? Auf dem Grabstein Deiner Mutter steht: In Gottes Hand schon ohne Schmerz, schlaf ruhig, teures Mutterherz. Ich wünsche auch Dir, dass da wo Du jetzt bist es keine Sorgen, Angst, Arbeit, Schmerz oder Pflichten gibt. Nur noch Frieden, Freude, Ruhe. Und wenn Du von oben runterschaust, dann wisse, Deine Mühe war nicht umsonst .... Mama, schade dass Du gegangen bist. Mama, danke dass Du da warst. Mama, Ich liebe Dich sehr 💔

it is difficult to say anything ... of course, you have lived your life ... sometimes challenging & hard, often busy & engaged with full time work and taking care of us 4 children (and of father too 😃), but mostly happy and nice, i feel ... please know, all your effort was not in vain. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING + GOOD-BYE, DEAR MOTHER 💗😍🍀

... MORE COMING SOON OR NEVER ...

crematorium in bratislava, friday, 23.07.2022

07/2022

funeral banquet, bratislava, friday, 22.07.2022

let's try to go back in time ... can we?

06/2022 (getting stronger and laughing again 😄)

04/2022 (very weak ...)

2021

on caffeine ~ mother + me, 2020

2020

2019

2019

2018

2018, you always loved coffee + something sweet, didn't you?

2018

2017

2017

2016, you can't stop the time or ignore reality, dear mother ... 

avoiding pictures doesn't help either 😃

2016

2015

2015

1995 (?) at the frozen lake in velka kamenica, eastern slovakia, SK

thanks for our family tree (stammbaum) what you've collected, designed, painted & made for us, dear mother 😃

1965 + 1977

1968

1951 ?

all the best on your last way + good-bye, dear mama, mamicka, mother, mutter 💗💓💔💕

if the last way is a journey or if there is any soul, you will surely find the way to your beloved home spitznberg and einsiedel an der göllnitz, won't you?

+ to my home town  kosice / kaschau / kassa, where you spent the biggest part of your life, too?

many, many, many more (family) pictures here 😭

RIP, ruhe in frieden, ruhe sanft ...

eol => eof