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The Croatian Queue & Back to Slovenia

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So we left the campsite after a few arguments with campsite staff about our discount card which seemed to be fine when we arrived we payed by credit card and then called to cancel the transaction... so be warned, staff at Camping Indije I think have been informed to try and get out of allowing people the discounts! We even parked in the pitch we was asked to in order to obtain the discount, watch this space.<br />
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So bad things seem to come in threes. On the way out we got stuck in a 5 hour tailback which wasn't too bad being in a camper, we just sat back and watched a few episodes of Family Guy and then the 1980's classic Rain Man while drinking orange with ice cubes!<br />
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Once we had got out of Croatia we headed to Italy to Trieste which on the face of it seemed pretty industrial and not very camper friendly. So we headed back inland to spend the night in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana where we will explore tomorrow.<br />
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Not much to report in pictures today, hopefully something more interesting tomorrow.

The Croatian Queue & Back to Slovenia

So we left the campsite after a few arguments with campsite staff about our discount card which seemed to be fine when we arrived ...

Lazy Day in Pula

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We woke up late this morning given that there was no sign of the thunder storms that we have been promised we decided to have a rest day on the beach, where we sat for several hours with a book in 30c heat! We did some washing and other chores around the van before we set off early tomorrow. We've had the air con running constantly and it was great to come back to an ice cool van after a few hours on the beach!<br />
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A few pictures from the day. Tomorrow we move on to Trieste which is on the west cost of Slovenia but is in fact in Italy - so that will be another unscheduled country to add to the list!

Lazy Day in Pula

We woke up late this morning given that there was no sign of the thunder storms that we have been promised we decided to have a rest...

Goodnight from Croatia

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The caves were magnificent and far far upstaged what we had seen previously in Ingleton, once underground we were organized in groups by language – ours being made up largely with Chinese and Dutch (because nobody speaks Dutch really, do they?) No photos were allowed, but that didn’t stop the Chinese tourists so I thought, well if you can’t beat them… on the subject of which there was one Chinese lady who was off her rocker and was waving at all the different stones and walking around with her hands in the air.  This was all too much for the Dutch couple in front of us who had to keep stopping to compose themselves! <br />
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When we got out of the caves the weather took a turn. We drove a 5m twisty track to the top of the mountain to view the castle in the side of the rock, very impressive. We then wondered what to do next. We were disappointed that the 33c weather had not followed us from Budapest, so we decided to make a run for the sun and made an unscheduled cross over into Croatia! So here we sit in Camp Indije sat at the Bar with our free Wifi and a cold drink at 8pm at night and it’s probably about 22c still. It’s amazing what 90 miles south can do to the climate! Not sure where we will get to tomorrow yet, but that’s half the fun!<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span>

Slovenia & Croatia

So today we took the train 2km into the mountain to explore the depths of Postojna caves. We parted with 35 euro, discounted thanks ...

The Croatian Queue & Back to Slovenia

Lazy Day in Pula

Goodnight from Croatia

Slovenia & Croatia

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