Croatia: Part 17 - Day 15: Flight from Zagreb to Stockholm

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 15

15/8 Day 15: Flight from Zagreb (18:05 hours) to Warsaw (19:20 hours). Continued with another flight from Warsaw (20:50 hours) to Stockholm (22:25 hours)

 
Cost
(1) Entrance ticket to Nikola Tesla Technical Museum EUR6
(2) 1 tram and 1 bus tickets (30 minutes duration) EUR0,53 each - EUR1,06

Food
(1) Breakfast at Desiree Cafe EUR5,80 - Breakfast set: Toast with ham and cheese, cappucino and fresh orange juice
(2) Lunch at Kvatric EUR19 - Istrian pasta Pljukanci with beef steak, sundried tomatoes EUR15, shared bread EUR1, Hidra lemon 500ml EUR3,50
(3) Coffee at Srebjnak 1947 Cafe - Kremsnite EUR1,70 (the cheapest I have seen and I did not have one), cappucino EUR2,30
(4) Drink at airport - Radler 500ml EUR5,90 (expensive since it is in the airport)

The Story
15082025: Today, we check out from the apartment. We had the same breakfast from the same place as yesterday. 

We checked out and took tram 12 from Stop: Badaliceva to Stop: Kvaternikov Torg where we will take the bus to the airport. We bought our tickets from the app - by scanning the QR-code in the tram. You can see a sticker with a QR-code by the door. We scanned the code 3 times as we bought 3 tickets.

Upon reaching our stop, we bought physical tickets from the Tisak kiosk for the bus ride to the airport. We asked the seller which duration of tickets should we get. He said that 30 minutes is sufficient. The Tisak kiosk is the one with the red signboard. 

We had our lunch in the area before taking the bus.

I was not too hungry for lunch as I had breakfast at 9am. It was only 12.10pm and I did not do any walking activities. Plus, the heat does not create appetite for me. 

This is Istrian pasta Pljukanci made from flour, egg and water. Istria is a triangle peninsula that is part of Croatia and Slovenia. The way they make it orignated from Istria. One pinches a bit of the dough and roll it until it becomes and thin and compact pasta. This pasta reminded me of the Chinese noodles - loh shi fun or lao shu fen (mouse tail). The Chinese version is made with rice flour and corn starch which you can say is gluten-free. 

After lunch, my travel companions wanted to have dessert. So, we went to a cafe nearby and each got dessert while I skipped. They had kremsnite and a strawberry strudel. The kremsnite is so cheap here. I had coffee only.

Then, we made our way towards the bus stop. There were others waiting for the bus too. We took bus 290 at 2.05pm from Stop: Kvaternikov Torg to Stop: Zracna Luka (translated as airport). It was very hot and stuffy in the bus. No airconditoning and the windows were closed. We were all sweating. 

30 minutes later, we arrived at the airport.

Got my last radler for the trip. I had it while calculating our expenses and stating out the debts for one another. I am usually happy when I announce the expenses to everyone. The travel companions are happy that someone is keeping track of the expenses. I do it willingly as their costs are usually higher than mine since they have beer. 

We took Polish Airlines back to Stockholm. Flight departed at 5.55pm, earlier than the planned time 6.05pm and we landed at Warsaw about 15 minutes earlier but it takes time for the plane to reach the gate. Our next flight got delayed by 15 minutes but we landed in Stockholm in good time too. 

First flight - I chose a raspberry, coffee, orange juice and water.

Second flight - I chose tomato bun, apple juice and water.

I was happy with my trip. It did not rain at all. I would say that we had good weather to be outside everyday despite the glaring and scorching heat. I did more nature experience than town. Many dips in the warm and blue Adriatic sea and cool Korana river, walk around Lokrum and Sumartin islands, hike Mount Srd to see the sunset, walk around Plitvice Lake and went inside a cave. Zagreb and Dubrovnik were the two town experiences that we did. That was my plan - to be in nature more than town, after last year's unsettling and unfulfilling feeling post-Austria trip. I am glad that the trip went well although I would have tweaked my plans on hindsight which is to stay lesser nights in Plitvice and spend them in another place. 

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Here are the list of places I went. You can click on the link and be directed to the posts immediately. 

Day 1 - Flight from Stockholm to Dubrovnik

Day 2 - Boat to Lokrum island, hike Mount Srd.

Day 3 - Walk on Dubrovnik City Walls, visited Francisca Monastery and Lovrjenac Fortress. Joined a walking Tour.

Day 4 - Collect rental car. Drive from Dubrovnik to Makarska

Day 5 - Ferry to Sumartin island

Day 6 - Sumartin island again and observatorium in the evening

Day 7 - Drive from Makarska to Plitvice 

Day 8 - Plitvice Lake National Park - route E and a bit of B, dip in Korana river

Day 9 - Plitvice Lake National Park - route K

Day 10 - Dreznik old town, Barac caves

Day 11 - Slunjcica well, dip in Korana river

Day 12 - Drive from Plitvice to Zagreb. Return rental car. Walk to Zrinjevac Public Park and Mirogoj cemetery.

Day 13 - Walking tour, dip in Plaza Jorun.

Day 14 - Nikola Tesla Technical Museum

Day 15 - Flight back to Stockholm (this post)

For total and different category of expenses, I will sum it here.  

1) Flight - SEK2926
2) Accommodation (Airbnb) - EUR502,88

3) Food - EUR884,58

4) Activities (Dubrovnik daily pass, museum, cave and boat tickets, tips) - EUR200,33

5) Transport (bus and tram tickets, Uber ride, parking fees, petrol) - EUR59,45

6) Car rental 9 days - EUR240,33 per person

7) Money withdrawal fee - EUR5,51, SEK3 (BIGGEST mistake done here when I withdrew Euro from Forex Bank machine at Airlanda aiport, Stockholm, using my Wise card as I had Euro currency. The machine used my Euro to purchase SEK as we were in Sweden and convert that purchased SEK to Euro to be withdrawn. We asked ChatGPT and it summarised for us that there are no withdrawal fees. This is when I realised that you cannot trust ChatGPT! We researched Wise website before doing this transaction and could not find any answer hence we seek help from ChatGPT. Useless and expensive lesson.)

 Exchange rate EUR1 = SEK11. 

Total Cost for the trip SEK23.601,97 for 15 days.