2018-12-22 Day 102 Sat


John walked off around the lake to get a good camp shot. I stayed at my computer trying to get some more blogs ready for John to post.  On his return he showed me a photo of ice that has collected in the corner of the lake. The lake tried to freeze and then the wind picked up and the ripple broke the ice and it was stacked up in the corner. Looks just like a wave frozen in time.
John was still feeling under the weather so I drove. Up a red road 130km/h limit not quite for us. It is a pay road so we collected the entry ticket and when we exited 25km on it cost us €2.20. John navigated us through some small villages on yellow and orange roads.
The border crossing at Dobovoc pri Rogatcu was easy and fast. John got out and handled it all. However there was 1.2km of cars lined up trying to get into Croatia. Glad we were not going the other way.
In Slovenia at last. The northern most we will be for a while. Heading south now. But first a drive to Ptuj to see a castle. 
 
We noticed the farms and houses very neat and orderly. A difference from Croatia. Back in Shengan territory so our days are counting down again. 
 
The museum was partly in the castle and partly in the stables. A display of local customs and masks and one of ancient jewellery was housed in the stables.



The castle which was lived in by a count and his wife and a few staff until the1950’s had some original furniture and some old tapestries (17th century) . The fire places were very elaborate looking and fed from the verandah, so no mess inside and the inhabitants were not disturbed. Great idea.

The time had flown and it was now camp time. We followed a track and ended camping in a paddock beside the raised levee bank of the Drave river/dam. Although we found one gate to the top of the levee open and went up there, we chickened out. Didn’t want to be moved on on our first night in a new country.
Full moon and plane

124km

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