Croatia-Hungary-Slovakia in a day

We found a very nice Villa hotel last night in Osijek, northeast Croatia. I could easily recommend it if anyone ever comes nearby ( www.villaivanic.hr ). Very nice and friendly family that runs the place. They also let us park the bikes in their private garage and guess if we got surprised when we saw the nice shiny stone tiles on the floor! It felt a little strange to roll in the bikes in there though! After a nice breakfast we hit the road and this day ended in a small hotel along the highway (with no internet) in Slovakia. We crossed Hungary today and thank’s to the highway it was a quick drive. Even though we both prefer smaller roads the highway at least takes us somewhere, we’re kind of running out of time because we have a ferry to catch within a couple of days. 😦

Check out the floor in the garage!

Cute little ragdoll dog

The hotel.

Interesting paint job.

Croatia

Another interesting way to paint a house…

Jan is looking for his paper stuff before entering the Hungarian border

Up here they are not interested in the green card anymore, only passport. When entering Slovakia later in the evening nobody were even in the boot so the border was open to pass.

Approaching Budapest.

Hungarian village..

Gosh it was hot today! Wish the heat stays a couple of more days and also follows us up north. That would be nice 🙂

A quick shot of espresso and a glass of water. But why the water?

Great end to a great day on the bikes. Would love to be out biking in the south a lot longer! 🙂

Montenegro, Bosnia and one pic from Croatia…..

WONDERFUL riding the last days! Montenegro was fantastic and the roads towards the bosnian border was incredible. The ride through Tara Canyon on our way north couldn’t have been nicer. Must take my girlfriend to these parts in the future. She would love to ride her bike in this part of Montenegro. 20 meters after leaving Montenegro into Bosnia, the roads turned from fantastic to complete SHIT! Felt that we were a LONG way from home there for awhile. But the roads got better after some 50 – 60 kilometers and we rode all the way to Sarajevo through the dark. Left Sarajevo today and drove north. Fantastic views and friendly people. Will definitely return to Bosnia ahead. Crossed the border into Croatia before sunset and drove for about 1,5 hour before finding a small hotel not too far from the hungarian border that we´ll cross tomorrow (hopefully!! 😉 ) rather early. But more about that later. Some pics…..

Bloody hot in Montenegro. Not as hot as in Albania last summer (+ 46 degrees) but still hot.

Tina is a very strange girlie.

The nature in northern Montenegro was stunning!

“Look Jan! How exciting. A power line pole”!!

Tara canyon with its many (!!) tunnels was just amazing!

Tinas head. I don´t know why but she ALWAYS tries to get in the pictures…..

Sarajevo.

Tina mingling with the local bosniacs that sold food on the side of the road.

But they liked me more. I got a arm around my shoulders!

A petrol station in northern Croatia.

More tomorrow or next time we find internet access. Will be a long day on the bikes tomorrow. Either that or we´ll be in deep shit and miss the boat home!

Cheers//Jan