Tuesday 28th October 2014 - Great sleep and up for a great breakfast. Lots of other people staying. Had a chat with owner as I was packing up to leave. She was been to Belfast with her previous job, doing cross community work in relation to Serb/Croats. Definitely recommend this place to stay when in Osijek.
Cold, but sunny morning. Out along road from Osijek.
Road road road.
Traffic traffic traffic.
Run off the road by a lorry.
Arrive into Vukovar. War torn buildings and the famous water tower, which has been left as a memorial.
Looking at my map in town and an old man cycles up to me asking if I speak German. Nope, but he understands where I'm from and going too. He cycles off. Comes back a minute or two later and gives me a pear he just bought for me. So nice!!
My feet are cold. Pedal on and on, on the road.
Nowhere really to stop, as just field right up to the roadside. So just stopped on the side of road, standing in a field, to eat my pear with the trucks and cars whizzing by!
More rolling hills, then big dips into villages and climbs back out. Hills in Croatia are signposted and seem to be either 6%, 8%, or 11% gradient up.
Dogs chasing me.
In Ilok stop at a bakery and get a slice of pizza type stuff. It's warm.
Find a guest house. Really nice place, Villa Iva. Lovely warm room. Girl reads out the whole menu to me as it's in Croatian. Just decide I want more pizza, but have a Croatian beer, in their restaurant.
Really cold outside.
Heater on in room at 30 degrees, ahhh...
Day 60 - 28.10.14
Osijek to Ilok, Croatia
10.30am to 4.30pm
4h 24min cycling
80.1km
2167 calories
507 metres asc
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