Croatia 2005

A Sprint ST, an Angelique and an Emile ready for some Adriatic action

The Sprint geared up for serious miles. With the help of the quicklocked SW-Motech rack there are 3 Givi cases mounted, plus a Triumph tankbag. That's a total of around 150 liter bagage space. Sliders for a mishap and a pro-oiler to keep the chain clean and supple

The Sprint loaded on the Autozug (cartrain) in Dusseldorf with final destination Salzburg. The train will ride thru the night, the cars are fitted with beds. The perfect solution to cover long distances without fatigue and boredom. And it will also save a lot of fuel, extra accomodation costs, enroute food costs and toll money.

Rise and shine, the German Alps are looming on the horizon! :-)

Smell that continental air!

The Triumph still seems to be hanging on the back

Enter Salzburg

Austria, the Alps and sunshine. The vacation starts out pretty good.

Climbing the Grossglockner hochstrasse.

Edelweiss pass

More bikes have made it up these mountains today. This is a group of NSU's

Playing with snow in the middle of summer is always cool :-)

Roads made for fun, why don't they export these to Holland?

The Grossglockner is the highest peak of the Austrian Alps. Unfortunately it's just hidden in the clouds, above the Frans Jozef glacier.

The glacier of the Frans Jozef hohe

Murmeltiere

OH YEAH BABY!! Now that's a Wiener Schnitzel!

Getting integrated with local customs

Heiligenblut down in the valley next to the Grossglockner, very pretty scene.

Slovenia, Bled. Here we stop for our first sleep. Riding across the Alps and thru 3 countries in one day tends to tire a bit.

The hotel in Bled

The view from the hotel, across the lake.

A church on an island in the middle of the lake, doesn't seem to practical...

Enter Croatia, our first hotel for 2 nights is very near to the Plitvicka Jezera national parc.

Plitvicka Jezera national parc (Plitvice lakes), amazing....

Waterfalls everywhere

Very nice boardwalks all across the parc

Angelique sure seems to be enjoying it :-)

Awesome scenery from every angle

We join the rest of the tourists with a little boat ride across one of the cascading lakes

Water seems to be pouring out from everywhere