Lake Balaton (48 miles long) provided for some amazingly beautiful views as my route took me down the North side. This was a very relaxing ride and having started early from Budapest I was passing Balaton mid morning.
The following pictures are from the Internet
My GPS (as I was traveling in a rural area of Slovenia) told me to turn left in 300 meters. As there was only 3-4 buildings and one road to be seen (just on the left) I obeyed. The good ol' GPS had gotten me to my Budapest hotel without any problems so I had great faith in the device. I turned left as it said to do and then, in a few hundred yards, it said to turn left again. The first section was a very narrow blacktop and the next left was a gravel road going into a wooded section. I opted to ignore this left turn and continued a short distance when the road I was on became dirt!
At this point, I decided to go back out to the main highway and check to see if I heard the first left command correct. Yep, once again as I neared the buildings with the left turn the voice said in 300 yards turn left. Of course it again told me to turn left on the gravel road. Against my better judgement I took it. In about 200 yards I could see a building and a paved road. Unfortunately, in the middle of this wooded area I found a "Croatian border crossing"!!!! They looked at my passport and told me I had to go back. So much for total reliance on a GPS.
At this point I assumed I had not heard the GPS correctly so I backtracked 5 miles or so to try again. Clearly at this point I could see on the GPS that I was on the marked route programmed by Adriatic.
Once again as I approached that "left" it said in 300 meters turn left and then turn left again! I didn't freak but the next thing to it. I've been lost so many times on my other trips that I knew it was time to start asking directions. I was on my way to PTUJ (Slovenia) and some people didn't know of this town - while others sort-of. . . a Slovenian cop gave me the best directions but all together I wasted about an hour and one-half before finding Ptuj.
Ptuj was a wonderful town. Of course this little town of 1700 did have a castle. It must be a requirement for old towns. Adriatic doesn't want to believe that the GPS was programmed wrong but I'm not convinced. Trying twice with the same results. . .
It turned out that everything about Ptuj was enchanting! The hotel I stayed in was built in 1518 and most of ring of hillside buildings appeared to be of similar vintage.
Bottom pic is an Internet photos
