Last miles home

Our route home through Hungary led us past Lake Balaton and Budapest to the northern border along the Danube and back to Austria. Catching a treat in mid air! After crossing the border from Croatia we had stopped at Zalakaros, where we spent a day at the thermal bath and spa – very relaxing! For …

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City walk @ Zagreb

A sunny day to visit Zagreb, the biggest town and capital of Croatia. We took a walk from the train station to the most important places and sights, enjoying the market and lively streets of the centre. Ban Jelačić Square with his statue in the middle We had spent the night at a lake outside …

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Nine Alpha One Alpha

In Zagreb we met Emil (9A9A) to visit one of the world leading Ham Radio Contest stations. To see this station is like visiting a Formula One racing team, or the opportunity to sail a Americas Cup yacht! The short wave radio communication antenna farm @ sunset Using radio waves you can contact any location …

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Karlovac @ Croatia

On the way to Zagreb we came past Karlovac, which is famous for the Croatian beer brand. It is a very green town next to a river and we decided to take the bikes to explore the area a little bit. The Austrians built Karlovac from scratch in order to strengthen their southern defences against …

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Plitvice Lakes @ Croatia

We had waited a day for better weather before we went to the Plitvice Lakes National Park, famous for its lakes, cascades and waterfalls. The National Park is a major tourist attraction and there are many hotels and camp grounds in the area. At this time of the year the camp grounds were closed, so we …

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Island hike & wildlife

From the island of Pašman it was just a short drive over a bridge to get to the neighbouring island of Ugljan, where we went for another hike up to a fortress. Dangerous processionary caterpillar We had spent the night at the coast, at a spot we had managed to reach with a couple of more …

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Island hike @ Pašman

We did a hop to another island of Croatia, this time it was Pašman, just south of Zadar. Directly from the harbour a great hike starts, which we enjoyed very much with this beautiful weather. From Biograd we had taken the ferry to Tonk at the island called Pašman. We could park at the harbour …

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