
The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb is one of a kind, but it is also one of many such one-off museums that populate this city. This museum houses 100+ items, along with their backstory. These stories are sometimes funny, but more frequently sad. After viewing this museum, I was filled with a sense of melancholy, but I also felt at peace and ready to go out and explore the world.
He left it there… for me, That rickety road racer.
He had bought himself a new bike,
And there was no room in his ‘new life’ for the old one…
I looked it over, Tried it out,
Bought special clipless shoes
And raced it round Pajottenland to chase away the blues.
Last week I bought a new one, thinking what the heck,
A carefree singleton like me has no use for that old wreck…
—Danielle, 63 years old
Forevermore—Nevermore