Then the Furka Pass.
Then the St. Goddard pass wher I came across a herd of cows walking beside the road al with their bells rattling a they walked in long in a procession. Took a short video to capture the moment.
After this beautiful start to the day I then proceeded to get bogged down into the slowest traffic possible on my way to Comoros in Italy. I was not using the motorway in Switzerland because you have to purchase a vinyetta for a whole year, and these small rods went through every town and the lorries using the roads were huge.
When in Italy I decided to make some progress and therefore chose to travel right across Italy on the autostrade. This cost me €21 but I covered almost 500 miles in the day.
On to Slovinia and I decided to go to Ljublianja and stay at the hostel "Alibi" right in the middle of the city that Savi and I stayed at last year. Set Tomtom for the address but as I approached the city centre the police had most of the access roads all blocked off. Later I discovered that it was Slovinia's Independence Day National holiday and that there were many high ranking visiting politicians here for the event, and therefore there was also a protest march (jobs, cuts ?) and the police had herded the protestors via a certain route (just where I wanted to be). I tried taking my bike into a pedestrian zone, but the police turned me back. I ended up parking the bike and walking the other 800 metres to the hostel.
Hostel now €20 for a bed for the night. Woman at reception gave me a key for room 23 with locker no. 91. I found a room with bed 23 and there were two women sleeping in the room. The only spare beds were above one of them so I put the sheet on the bed, and fitted the duvet cover tring to disturb them as little as possible. I knew when I took my motorbike boots off there would be a certain aroma in the room, so I did this quickly and put the boots in the locker and fitted my shoes. Came to lock the locker (23) and the key didn't work. Went downstairs and woman gave me a range of keys to try. None worked! Eventually realised I was in a dorm with bed No. 23 and that there was a room 23 hidden away in another part of the hostel. Went back disturbed the woman again as I now retrieved all the bedding from the bunk above her, took my steaming boots and left them in peace.
Had a shower and as I was leaving the hostel to go out to eat the woman behind reception said she had had a complaint form a woman in dorms 23 - 30 that a strange man had been in disturbing them! Oops!
Out to eat at the indian restaurant that I knew was close by, and as I was eating the fireworks (or should I say explosions!) began.
Off to bed tired after long journey.
More later
TOR
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I remember that hostel well and there were no women sleeping around then! Um, wonder which one you're really in Geoff?
ReplyDeleteLove,
savi