Vrbovec to Ravnice, Zagreb, Croatia.

Today we were in no hurry to reach the capital of Croatia, so we decided to sleep in and do the 40kms at a leisurely pace.  Unfortunately things never seem to go to plan with me on holidays, and this is a short overview of last night.

The room we got was so hot you could cook an egg off my ass, and that's not a pretty sight. The air conditioning unit sounded like a jumbo jet with all 4 engines hanging off ready to explode into a billion pieces.  I hope you get the idea now of the noise. We decided to turn the air con off and see how we went. 

During the night Peter had to open the door to the room because he found it hard to swim in the perspiration that he had showered all over the bedroom floor.  The problem with opening the door was quite simple, now we could hear the sound of 2000 trucks approaching and leaving the roundabout below of room during the night and early morning.  It was decided to kick start the jumbo jet and stick rolled up toilet paper in our ears to try and soften the sound of the aeroplane overhead.

We woke at 6am fresh as a fiddle and ready to attack the capital.

After breakfast we hit the road which once again took us mainly through small townships in the beginning and much larger as we got to the capital.  The road was in a poor state of disrepair and we had to be on guard not to hit the huge pot holes.  The ride took under 2 hours which wasn't bad considering the traffic. One thing in this country is the trucks and cars give us plenty of room and I don't remember being tooted in anger at any time, even when we're holding up the traffic.

I had done some research last night and found a place called 'hotel Race'.  I read all the roads and turns on google maps and we found the place to my surprise.  For about 25 a night I got a huge room with a queen size bed, a TV I don't know how to use and WiFi.  Peter has his own room as well.  The couple who run the place are extremely kind and helpful from the time we arrived.  It seems that nothing is a problem to them when it comes to customer service. 

I laid around for a couple of hours trying to catch up on some sleep and then we decided to go into the capital and have a look around.  We'll be doing more sightseeing tomorrow.  The capital is a beautiful place and similar to Hungary and some ways Romania. 

 The photo above is of the coffee set in Zagreb.

 The photo above is of my cycling partner, Mr P.

 The photo above is the funicular that takes you from lower Zagreb to the old city.  We'll be going their tomorrow.

 Whenever you go to a major city you have to use the local transport system.  In Zagreb they have fantastic tram network and of course Peter and I took it back to our town without buying a ticket.  We were told no one buys a ticket.

The photo above is one of the many cobbles alleys in the capital.

After our brief look at the city we caught the tram and walked back to hotel Race to crash for the evening.  Tomorrow is a rest day and sightseeing.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.