Leaving Biograd for home on an inland route brought a steady climb, with great views, up onto a plateau for quite some time and onward to Zagreb. I found it quite dark and rather of eastern bloc look although Jean's advantage of pillion gave her a somehwhat more positive perspective. Parking was difficult and it was quite congested, so I turned back, preventing us wandering in the centre, but we did find a spot for lunch not too far away. Re-entry to Slovenia saw very long truck queues - understandable border control diligence for entry to the EU. An evening sortie into Ljubljana revealed a lovely city, compact and beautiful and well worth a visit. It is stylish and well laid out, the old town straddling a small river and we enjoyed some Slovenian fayre al fresco for dinner.
Jean's return flight time dictated a 5am rise, and it was quite cold when I dropped her off at the airport. Sadly, her plane was delayed such that she missed the connection in Paris and had a long stopover there, not getting home until well into the evening. My departure from Ljubljana was initially via motorway, passing through a huge, but unmanned border post into Austria at the end of a long tunnel high in the mountains. I then took to more minor roads again to Zell Am See and Kitzbuhel, to enjoy more mountains and scenery before arriving in the small town of Rohrdorf (Pipe Village) in Germany, but I didn't see any pipes!
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