On the Road Again

We started our day with a huge Serbian breakfast courtesy of the neighbours. They had put on a spread of hard-boiled eggs, salami and other cold cuts, cheese, breads, pastries, jams, tomatoes, yellow peppers, and I’m sure I’m forgetting some. It was very good and we all left with smiles on our faces.

Yesterday we had arranged for a horseback ride so we went off to Petras Riding School this morning. I don’t think they typically get tourists, but we were treated to some riding around their small ring and also to a larger ring. The girls loved it. Nadim didn’t partake. He was afraid of bruises!

We drove for a few hours to Zegreb, the capital of Croatia. We stopped for a quick tour of the cathedral, a walk about, and an ice-cream cone. It was very quiet, probably because it’s Sunday. It’s not quite the size of some of the other capital cities we’ve been to, but it was quite pretty.

We were anxious to get to the coast so we pushed on and drove into the early evening. We were driving along a mountain range. The divided highway is new so the driving conditions were fabulous. The speed limit here is 130 km/hour so we were speeding right along. There were many tunnels, some of them over 5 km long!

We found a great little place for the night, just steps from the beach. We have an apartment with a terrace that overlooks the water. We can’t wait until morning to check out the water in daylight. We had planned to go to Hvar Island tomorrow, but we might get tempted into staying here a little longer!

CM