So here we are at the final day, all packed up but not ready to come home. We had a thunderstorm on sunday night, thunder rolling around the hills, lightning flashes and heavy rain and as such monday dawned as the first bad day, cloud and more rain off and on. However I still had a chance to explore the Tivoli gardens which are pretty with statues, trees and flowerbeds as well as a lake. There is also some forest over the back and it looked as if there were trails, but without knowing where they led, or how long they would last, with the weather as it was I decided to leave it for another time.
Weather perfect yesterday in the mid twenties, and I wandered up to the castle. The views were amazing, with the city and its churches spread out in front and the hills and mountains distantly. The castle itself feels a bit touristy, and their 'virtual tour' was a little strange. It is a 3D presentation where you wear glasses and a headset for the commentary, but halfway through the two parts went out of sync and so you got a picture through one eye and a completely different one in the other! The cheapest trip you'll ever get.
Have found that I am now completely relaxed, typical that it's just as I leave, and in the afternoon I took my book, drank some coffee and ate some ice cream.
Going back to sunday night I got chatting to some australian girls in my room who said they'd found a great restaurant and so I thought I'd join them. It turned out they were desperate for an indian and so I ate in the same place I had at lunch - luckilly the servers were different and lets say I won't need to eat curry for a while. Went to the skeleton bar for more cocktails afterwards.
And then yesterday I ran into an aussie girl I'd met in Zagreb, who'd just arrived - its honestly not that small a city! And in the evening had some more cocktails with other australian girls and two american guys.
Will have another wander out before I have to bus it to the airport, but already I can hear the four double rings signalling the end of my watch. So that's it, another trip over, but stay tuned for more!