I have again wisely booked on line before we left a car and driver to take us from Bratislava through Slovakia Austria, Slovenia and into Zagreb, capital of Croatia.
Team Daytrip advise me that Filip F will meet us at the hotel and deliver us to the hotel in Zagreb. It all works Lockett split well. He is a most knowledgeable resident of Bratislava and knows a better way to get our bags from the hotel to his comfortable BMW!
We have arranged two stopoffs on the way, one in Graz, Austria and one in Ptuj (sounds like a spit!) in Slovenia. It is a sunny day for our drive, yeah!
Graz is a charming town, with a lively market and downtown area, we enjoy a stroll around for an hour or so then resume our journey. Filip is a sailor, gets work in Rotterdam when he fancies sailing and works for the tour company otherwise. He is a really affable young man, a mine of really interesting information, anecdotes and jokes.
Did you hear the one about the American who phoned a Russian and said:
“I hear it is 40 below over there!”
”Oh, no, it’s not nearly that cold, only about -25.”
“ I saw on the internet, -40”
“Oh you mean outside, not inside.”
Ptuj has a lovely castle (more climbing, good for the legs and lungs all this touring) with folk displays. It has an important folk festival involving costumed dancers, some in bearlike skins. Famous for its lace, I buy two small beautiful pieces and we stop for, according to Filip the MOST expensive coffee…
Billed as 7 hour journey, we actually take about 9 and arrive in Zagreb opposite the busy railway station in rush hour, and park a little way from the hotel, but Filip insists on bringing the bags for us.
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