It’s interesting when I start to write notes, I mean in what part of the day I do that. Or how tired I am. It so colors the tone of the entry.

I went to bed last night and woke up this morning with every intention of cycling to Dubrovnik today. But then something kept me from getting on the bike despite it being fully packed to go. Another 15 minutes delay, then 30. Next I started thinking of how hot it was going to be because I didn’t get an early start. And with that I suddenly thought it would be a great idea to just stay here again today. Take a day off. No reason to rush into big old touristy Dubrovnik. If you’ve read the blog so far, there’s been no shortage of physical ailment complaints by me. So I thought taking a day off ultimately seemed like a good idea. And as it turns out it was! (Okay, yes it’s a little early in the trip for a day off…)

Had a really nice relaxing day in this beautiful place called Slano, about 25 miles north of Dubrovnik, in a cove off the Adriatic that is not very touristy and is very quiet for sure. Did a little computer work this morning, then got on the bike and rode around this bay that has a road mostly surrounding it, all single lane.

Stopped for lunch at one of four little restaurants here; had a delicious Greek salad. (Adjoining the restaurant photo is the view from the restaurant.) It was so nice to have an easy day off, like duh! I started listening to an audiobook for a little while, then around 7 PM rode back to the same restaurant I had the salad at for a Peronospora pizza. A couple meats, couple veggies, a couple of hot peppers. Was perfect!

As the sun started going down, the high cloud front that appeared was pretty beautiful. There’s a photo of that as well.

So back to my opening, it sure depends on what time of the day I do a blog entry, an afternoon all clean and no cramps and always being able to stay out of the heat, yeah it was a pretty good day!

Did chat with an Australian couple at lunch, talked with them for quite a while. They were on a group sail boat from Italy, then rented a motorbike and have been cruising the Dalmatian coast. They happened on to this place just as I did.

I also spent some time today looking at my routing, and unless I point that way starting tomorrow, there’s no chance in hell I’m gonna be able to cycle all the way to Bucharest by July 1 from here at the pace that I’m keeping so far. And I’m totally fine with that. Will probably or possibly end in Skopje Macedonia, then take a bus to Sofia Bulgaria and then on to Bucharest from there. I’ll work it out when it gets closer.

Trivia question: does anybody remember the Canadian TV series called the littlest hobo? With the dog that went from town to town? I sorta feel like him sometimes…

Take care, y’all…