Milan - Zagreb

     On first impression Milan looked like a lovely place much better than what i remember from my previous visit here when big mikey got escorted back on the flight at gun point for having no visa, and i spent an afternoon taking in milans sites before an overnight train to rome , it was sunny for a start and we had directions down to the river area for the bar and restaurants ,there was big screens up for the football and it was very busy which was good , but the beer was rubbish in all the bars we went into I'm not keen on waitress service and the cafe scene well its just not me , and we made a poor choice for dinner it was just pub grub and very poor quality at that , I was feeling the cold although cammy wasn't and i was tired, turns out i had some kind of bug ,its like death and taxes we all have to deal with it at some point and i had bad diarrhoea, i couldn't take any more beers and was trying to man up but it was just no fun ,so we went back to the hotel earlier than normal and i spent an uncomfortable night , I've not had it as bad as that since i got dysentry in china
     breakfast was included with the hotel price and i was starting to feel slightly better so we had breakfast ,cammy was disgusted that i put fresh orange in my muesli because I'm off milk for the month .but i enjoyed breakfast and went to the local pharmacist he tried to sell me a suppository ! I was like no way we just don't do that in Scotland exit only for my bum some Imodium will do fine  ,we were on the road for 11and cammy done a great job of driving us out of Milan,s winding old streets and we hit the motorway and our first toll in gorgeous sunshine and the alps in the distance , we stay on that toll road nearly all the way out of Italy and it cost 29.30 euros  ,but it was a decent road the scenery was nice
         once we arrive at the Slovenian border i made sure we didn't forget the vignette ( road tax ), you have to buy at least a weeks worth it was 15euros .Slovenia is a much more beautiful country than i imagined and the roads were also of a high quality and quiet not what i expected at all ,when we arrived at the Croatian border it was the first time we had our passports checked since getting into the chunnel ! Zagreb is near the border crossing and we were in the centre for our perked hotel in plenty time as it was only 5pm , but the booking was vague about directions and the sat nav wanted us to go up a pedestrian street in short we were nearly 2hrs getting the car parked and strolling round the plaza looking for our hotel eventually we phoned and the receptionist came out a side street to meet us , this hotel is nowhere near the location it is advertising itself on the hotel APP , the elevator to the apartment looks like its been in use since 1950 ,the actual apartment is lovely right up until cammy broke the bedside lamp ! so we shall see what they charge for that in the morning ,on the upside at least the toll roads are cheap here at 1euro and we are right at the heart of this beautiful city its sunny and my stomach problem appears to be nearly over ! I'm off to the coastline now to withdraw enough croation Kunas to buy some beers and a decent meal

The glass elevator ! You should see it inside stairs for us 

A room with a view !