We woke up to patches of blue sky which in turn led to a renewed vigour for cycling. It's funny but when it's raining and cold we could think of better things to be doing than cycling through the countryside. We ate our breakfast, went down the cafe for a cup of tea (cant make tea in our room) and checked the weather forecast on the iphone, they have free WiFi. Cloudy with patches of sun, good enough for us. We headed home via the shops to get some supplies then packed our panniers and hit the road. Well in truth we hit the road after a lengthy farewell from the landlady's daughter who spoke very good English.
Cres
As usual for the Croatia we've seen, we had to climb to 350m out of the town but we both felt great and actually overtook some cyclists who were out for a ride and WERE NOT CARRYING ANY PANNIERS!!!! We felt pretty good, there wasnt much traffic and we enjoyed the climb.
It turned out to be a great days ride and it's almost hard to believe that for the last few days we were questioning our sanity for cycling in Croatia. Sure the mainland is crazy but the islands appear to be pretty damn good. We rode past stone walls surrounding olive groves and all very typically Mediterranean.
We stopped at Belej for a cup of coffee and they had a pig on the spit out beside the road. It would have been great to wait for lunch and join in, it smelt great.
Just after Belej we were zooming down a hill when I heard a squeal from Sandy in front and then saw the bloody big snake on the road that we just rode past. That got the adrenalin pumping!!!
We descended into Osor which is on the isthmus between the islands of Cres and Losinj and immediately decided to stay the night. The campground is right on the water and about 50m from the town.
The town is apparently 4000 years old and there are some underwater treasures just offshore.
We went for a swim and on the way back saw the most delightful and typically Croatian bar/beer garden, we just had to have a beer. Actually in truth we had three and then they fed us Sardines and a whole fish.
It was awesome!!!! We finished with a cup of coffee (expresso with a dash of milk) and then the waiter comes out and brings Schnapps “for our special customers” “aw OK, if you insist” we reply.
We then witness the bridge that separates the islands swung open to allow yachts to pass through the channel
Sandy watching the action from the beer graden
It is hard to believe that after some of the worst cycling days we are then blessed with one of the best, the cycle touring Gods smiled upon us.
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