9:00 pm. Another day, another border crossing, language and currency. We crossed into Coatia passing through immigration quickly and smoothly, no review by Customs and we didn't have to take off our helmets again. the currency is the Kuna equal to about $0.16 US.
We rode to the Jasonovec memorial for the thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma killed at a labor camp during WWII. It was sobering, depressing and important to remember so that it never happens again. It's had to believe it's only been 75 years or so.
The site had an impressive piece of art to recognize the site and it is huge. The one picture below that has the closeup shot has Sooz in it to show the scale, you have to look really close at the base.
We then rode into Zagreb, Croatia on a really nice 4 lane divided highway. Traffic was moving right along so I set the cruise control at 85 mph and watched the BMWs, Audis and Mercedes cars go blasting by. It was fun to air it out a little and I may have entered triple digit speeds for part of the ride. I really like this new GS, I just may look into getting one.
Coming into Zagreb I stopped for gas and filled up with 100 octane! They sell nothing less than 91 octane, very nice fuel.
I had to include the street side warning against driving your car into the water. It's one of my alltime favorites. We could use that sign in Florida.
Susie found us a very nice apartment to rent for 3 nights through AirBNB for much less than a hotel and it's right downtown close to all the action.
For lunch we went to the pastry shop less than a block away and had a piece of the local specialty cream cake called Zagrebacke Kremsnite, and ice cream.
The downtown area is lively, modern and full of young people and families. For my planner friends I included a picture of a street with 2 sets of street car rails, a center lane for motorized traffic and wide sidewalks on both sides. Very pedestrian and mass transit friendly. It was pretty exciting riding the motorcycle down the center lane with streetcars going beside me in opposite directions.
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