onto Croatia

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Garmish was nice, folks were a bit how shall i say , distant. But then when i went to leave were very friendly and made it difficult to get away they wanted to talk so much.

From there i headed for the KTM factory in Austria, had a nice meeting with there PR guy Martin Schaumloeffer who gave me a personal tour around the place, including the GP and superbike workshops which are normally off limits. From there it was onto Croatia. I was holed up at an old fort ,1884 or something on those lines.It was on a little headland and connected to land by a small roadway, only found it because i was lost....nearest large town was Pula, caught the local bus service and explored the roman ruins, pretty impressive , a complete and undamaged forum, and a complete amphitheater not to mention a gateway which would not embarrass Rome.
got back to the site and drank quite a bit of red wine, (had to couldnt take it with me !)
Well there i was minding my own business drying off afetr a swim in the sea and two Germans approached with beer...it got very messy, i am now a member of a stuttgart bike club and we ate and drank until the very early hours..celebrating Englands win over Croatia amongst other things.
Ohh how my head hurt the next day....

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Photos

visit to KTM
Trip to the KTM factory, great visit, cant wait to get home to order that rc8...

arty
i like this one, just shows how boring it can get on the autobahn

slovakia
camping with all mod cons, its like a tardis, bigger than you think possible when inside.

Croatia
View from my tent on the fort ruins near Pula

Pula
Pulas colliseum, better than the one at Rome

My German friends
Drunk us surely not.....