Zagreb to Sarajevo

      we had a really good night out in Zagreb its a lovely little city it seemed much more affluent than i was expecting , the hotel free map said that the beauty of the city is only beaten by the beauty of it's woman and i would agree , we fond the bar and restaurant area easily and it didn't disappoint there was plenty good bars and restaurants to choose from we went to a bar called oliver twist as it had a big screen and was showing the football for cammy , england were playing slovakia it was a boring game ending in a no score draw but it was 26kuna for two pints and it was pints ! and at 10 kunas to the pound it was only £1.30 a pint , we then ewent for dinner and i went for chicken skewars with a side salad cammy had schnitzel and we had beers our very tasty dinner including the beers cost us 136 kuna roughly £13.60 .

       my stomach problem now gone and i slept like a log at our apartment and in the morning i expected a fine a few euros for the lamp cammy burst but the reception is said with a smile don't worry about it we will fix it , it was a beautiful sunny morning we had a few kuna left as i had withdrew roughly £44 worth out the cashline the previous night you don't want to be left with a bag of notes you can't use anywhere else , so we never had enough to get us a nice cafe breakfast and after a bit of a chat about currency exchange for some euros to kuna , we decided to just get the car from the car park and grab something to eat on route, we went to the car in the underground carpark and somebody ( cammy )had left the sitting all night with the parking light on PANIC  ,first turn of the key and the mighty merc roared into life ,we headed out the car park and it was 85 kuna to park overnight we had forgot to check if they would take a card or euros first so had to cut a deal with the car park attendant and got ripped of for 15euros ,still it was cheaper than our official price for overnight stay in Milan
      Theres something safe and comfortable about a Mcdonald's sign and with us not having had any breakfast at 11 am we passed the golden arches sign it says nice coffee quick safe food , But what i would recommend is if you are planning a stop at a Mcdonald's where english is not the first language do not attempt the drive through ! we kinda got what we asked for in the end !( i repeat myself enough into those things at home ) minus the coffee and payed by card , all was well though its a beautiful sunny day lovely scenery and not a long drive today, sat nav says 4hrs easy for us we have been a minimum 8 hrs every day

        there is a toll rd just outside Zagreb which we took and stayed on it all the way to the border of Bosnia it was a modern good road with good scenery 77kuna £7.70 on the fantastic plastic and we headed over the border passport checked leaving Croatia and passports checked entering Bosnia even though both are in the EU now and for the first time this trip i was asked by Bosnia border control for vehicle papers and to open the boot ! then the roads went back 50years , very scenic beautiful place but bad roads and bad drivers , i had to tell cammy uncle Bryan's car was a battle cruiser not a speed boat again ! we had to accept that if you have an automatic car your not overtaking much on these roads and enjoy the scenery , people working their land by hand using rakes and scythes and selling there farm produce on tables at the side of the roads was pleasant to see but we were glad to hit a nice toll road after 70mile maybe more of winding two lane road through some ancient narrow dark tunnels ,it was time for a nice toll road but i have no idea how much the final toll road today was as i don't know what the Bosnian currency is yet or it value to the pound i just paid it by card

      after a search on the web last night for a hotel here for tonight we think we have worked out our mistake of trying to find a city centre hotel with parking that was two night running we had to pay for overnight parking because the hotels had misinformed us , we have decided for tonight you get better deals on hotels a slight distance from the city centre and the hotels in city centre the few that do have parking are vague about it IE free parking nearby etc , so we have opted for hotel hollywood a big 4 star hotel on the outskirts of sarajevo we arrived her at 17:20 its got a big outdoor pull and all the facilities you would expect for a 4 star place it is a bit dated but will do us fine and at only £50 for the night we don't grudge the fact we are not going to use the pool gym or sauna we are going into the city tonight and have a big drive tomorow  

  Room view for tonight