This bit of the route, through the Plitvicka Jezera (Croatian Lake District!) was busier & quite slow going in general. Lots of speed limits & 'tourist' driving! On another day, riding the road would have been a real pleasure, but we were now approaching the height of season.
We stopped at a McD's in Karlovac (still quite a few war torn buildings evident), had a water & shake, but couldn't use the loo because they had no water. So, back on the bike and make tracks onto route 6 to Novo Mesto. Stopped again just before the Slovenian border to top up with fuel & coffee & have that wee!
It's a lovely bit of road, the 6 to Novo Mesto, but can be slow going when the trucks are out.
So, then we picked up the A2 to Ljubljana and stayed on it back to Villach in Austria. We stopped for a sandwich at a very nice mway servs, about 20 miles north of Ljubljana, which are much nicer places than your usual mway crap. It was here that a 47 year old Norweigian 'Ladies Man' (as it turned out) rolled up on a Ducati Diavel. Wearing a T Shirt, mesh body armour, jeans & sneakers and carrying everything in a tank bag. He asked to sit with us & henceforth we got to know an awful lot about him. To be fair, he was interesting & came across as a bit of an extrovert. He certainly had a few tales to tell, not least losing the number plate off his bike 2 days into his trip from Oslo to Opatija, so he parked it up, flew back to Oslo to get a replacement, then flew back to his bike to continue. Then there was all the rain......without any waterproofs 😜
So, we said 'Ta rah' and made haste to Villach. Managed to avoid the worst of the gathering weather & cut up the 98 to our digs in the rather nice Matzelsdorfer Hof. Oh yes ☺️
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