The next part of the trip is south in the Zlatar region where Dad and Slavica have 2 cottages.
But first, we ran a few errands… Pick up rental car, load up stuff to take from the apartment to the cottage, and go back to Ada to retrieve Claira’s lost sunglasses, and get another pair of close-up specs for Lothar. Amazingly, the lady at the bathing suit shop still had them, and she was real happy to get them back!
Then we went to have pork roast with crackling for a big lunch at Uželac before driving down to Zlatar. There was drama because we didn’t have a reservation and also no one could find it, and they circled round and round till they finally found it and we rejoined them there.
Then we drove the ~4 hours down to Zlatar. Claira was with us in the car. On the way we saw a perfect double rainbow! And of course nice countryside, tunnels, train, scenic villiages, steeples and fortresses.
And finally arrived at the cottages. Lothar and I are staying downstairs in the main cottage – here are some initial views.
Maria and family stayed at the second cottage – a cute little A frame. There’s a lot of those around. The kids had to fight over which bed they get upstairs.
It sure is a lot colder here! We rearranged our furniture a bit on our side, and with the heater it’s quite cozy!
Easy Day
The next morning, the whole cottage lost power! LOL It turned out to be our heater shorting out. Dad got it fixed.
We took an easy day. A couple of walks around the area, and lots of sitting on the balcony and enjoying the view. It’s so beautiful here. Dad has made amazing landscaping out what was just a hill, and Slavica has filled it all with flowers.
We hung around the house a lot, and enjoyed nice meals together.
We went for a walk to the top of our hill, where there’s a large center where people used to come to recuperate after heart surgery in the mountains. It has fitness trails all around it. It’s no longer in use though. There was also a zip line on the way, but we didn’t end up going.
Later we drove down into the little town nearby called “Nova Varoš”, and stopped by some vendor stalls at a nearby hotel too. They have “Kineska Robna Kuća”, which is like Chinese Warehouse. It’s like the dollar store!
What a lovely and relaxing day all together.