Lothar and I went into town in the morning, for burek of course. We discovered it was incredibly crowded because Monday is farmer’s market day! Wow. Everyone from the vicinity must have been there.
Šargan 8 Train!
We all drove together to the main stop of the Šargan Eight train. It’s this cool old train track from the 1920s. It used to connect tiny villages but got canceled. Now, it’s been restored as an awesome ride through tunnels and mountains!
We strolled around the station, got ice cream, and checked out the train museum while we waited for the train to be ready to pull out of the station.
It doesn’t go very fast, so we were able to stand between trains, and essentially be outside while riding the train! The longest tunnel was 1.5 km, totally dark, and water dripped on us!
We stopped at a number of cute train stations on the way back.
After we were done with the train, we stopped at the “Wooden villiage” on the hill. We had a nice dessert there, but realized we were running out of time to get to the next fortress by 6pm closing time! So we rushed out. But you already know that story from the previous post. 🙂
Spa Day
Ran in the morning. The power went out, so we got just warm water for showers. LOL
Kitch and family come over and we went into town for Burek breakfast. They only had the meat type (rather than cheese), but we got 4 of them, and the yogurts, and everyone loved it. We went back for some more desserts after.
Then we all went to a spa town for a spa day. The natural springs are at 36.6 degrees C. They had pools, hot tub, sauna, salt room, warm stone chairs and various areas to hang out. That was a great time! I had no bathing suit, but used my workout stuff. Not ideal, but it worked. The lockers were operated by bracelets they gave us, which also allowed you to purchase drinks and snacks, then you settle your tab when you leave. Brilliant and easy system!
The spring waters flow past the spa and through a monastery, so we visited that as well.
After that we drove back to Zlatar by the scenic route. It was lovely, but very bumpy as they were working on the road in many places.
We picked up chevaps and sausages at a butcher, where they also grill the meats for you! We had arm wrestling battles while we waited. LOL
Brought that home, and Slavica had lepinje and salads ready to round out the meal. We polished everything off again!
This is excellent! Bravo Sanko!
Just a small correction: Sargan’s 8 is part of the main artery and was the only connection of Europe with the Adriatic Sea – the famous “Ćira” train ran from Belgrade to Dubrovnik! (Ćira is our name for Dumbo – tiny elephant). Engineers of the time overcame that huge height difference of 300 meters by gradually winding through Tara mountain over only 15.5 km. distance!
Oh my, thanks Dad for the correction!