Day 23 - Sunday 3rd July

Weather - Fine, sunny, about 25 degrees.

Today was the big driving day. WE packed up and set off for Pula, in Croatia, via plenty of Hungary.

After a morning coffee, Cory convinced Nai to give driving a go as it was likely to be all freeway and to allow him to pace himself for the rest of the journey. It became quite evident that the distances were going to go faster, as Nai was sitting on about 145km/h and then stamping on the loud pedal whenever she passed! However, after about 60km it turned to arterial road, and the whites of Nai's knuckles, and eyes, meant that it would be far less stressful if Cory resumed at the wheel.

Our friends at ViaMichelin.com managed to choose a route which took us past the very picturesque Lake Belaton which appears to be Hungary's main waterside distination. The problem is, the new freeway which bypasses the whole side of the lake (only about 500m from where we were driving) is not quite finished. So our route was the equiv of the road from Dromana to Rye, but about 110km of it.

We managed to make it to Zagreb and stopped for lunch and a few photos, before heading into the Istrian peninsular and onto Pula. Once we checked in, we drove around a little, got our bearings and checked some local sights and decided on a dinner of beer and pizza. Gotta love that! Best of all, they had an 'Aussie with Mushrooms? on the menu. It was called a 'Bismark', but it was a dead-set Aussie with mushrooms - I promise. Egg and all!