That was another fantastic road trip with our red Citroen GS.
We drove 9,817 km in one month, and visited twelve countries: Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
The Nordic countries never disappoint.
I made the following three videos.
A friend on the coast invited us to his house in Novigrad (Croatia) to have a barbecue, and then we went on a boat trip.
The video begins near Vrhnika (Slovenia), and shows a nice drive to Croatia with two GSes.
Once in Novigrad, we had a barbecue, then got the boat ready and went on a short boating trip.
A fabulous way to spend a nice spring day.
This is yet another video which shows the fabulous Citromobile event at Expo Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands.
Lots of great cars, old and new, and we met some nice people from the Dutch GS/GSA club.
I cannot wait to drive to the Netherlands again in May 2018, to visit the next Citromobile.
This was a day trip in the White Carniola (Bela Krajina) region, which is located in the southeastern corner of Slovenia.
A river named Kolpa forms a natural border between Slovenia and Croatia.
We stopped by the river a few times, to enjoy the scenery and stretch our legs.
The trip ended near village Otok (near Metlika), by a fabulous Douglas DC-3 Dakota.
In the second part of World War II, the area around Metlika was a part of liberated territory.
This is where the resistance airfield was located, which allowed for the transport of weapons and other supplies from the British and American allies to Slovenian partisans.
The airfield was also used to transport the seriously wounded partisans to hospitals in Italy.
In August 2016, we drove to the UK and spent our summer holidays there.
We spent most of our time in Scotland, but also visited some nice places in England and Wales.
Part one shows the following:
- Ferry journey from Dunkerque to Dover
- London
- Hay-on-Wye
- Lake District
Part two takes us to the following places in Scotland:
- Glasgow
- Glen Coe
- Glenfinnan viaduct and monument
- The Lost Valley above Glen Coe
- Stalker Castle
- Journey to the Isle of Skye
- Eilenan Donan Castle
- The Isle of Skye (Glen brittle, The Fairy Pools, Old Man of Storr, the Cuilins)
And part three, which shows the following:
- Ullapool
- The north coast of Scotland
- Dunnet Head
- John O'groats
- Falls of Shin - salmon run
- Loch Ness & Inverness
- Edinburgh during The Fringe Festival
- Ferry journey from Dover to Dunkerque
On 09/Jul/2016, I drove to the beautiful part of Slovenia named Prlekija again.
Another Hydroraid event took place, not to be missed.
We gathered at the usual place, on a farm in Bodislavci village.
Our next stop was Stara Gora, where we ate local food and drank local wine, and had a look at a museum and a windmill.
Next, we drove to Ljutomer which is the largest town in the area.
This was a place to kick tires and talk cars.
After Ljutomer, I left and drove home, while the programme continued on the Bodislavci farm.
In May 2016, I visited another Citromobile with my brother.
The video begins with some scenes of driving through Austria and Germany, followed by the scenes from the actual Citromobile event.
It was another great day in good weather - we saw a whole lot of wonderful cars, and bought some parts for a good price.
My red GS 1.3 performed really well again, and I can't wait to visit another Citromobile.
Among other interesting things, they organise annual gathering of GS & GSA enthusiasts, GS & GSA IG Sommertreffen.
So we drove from Slovenia to Rötgesbüttel, Germany (between Gifhorn and Braunschweig), a little over 1000 km, to attend the GS & GSA IG Sommertreffen 2015.
It was a special meeting, as it was 25th anniversary of GS & GSA IG club, and also 45th anniversary of Citroen GS.
A number of pictures from the meeting can be found here:
It was high time for another Citroen GS day out with friends from air-cooled flat-four brigade.
This time, we drove in my neck of the woods - Pohorje massif in northeastern Slovenia.
I usually go running and hiking with my family on Pohorje, but this time we drove up there with our GSes.
We started the trip in Zreče, a tourist town at the base of Pohorje.
Then we drove up to Gorenje and Rogla.
Rogla is one of the better known ski resorts in Slovenia, and it's also one of the highest points on Pohorje.
We climbed to the observation tower on top (1517 m).
Then we drove to Osankarica, and had lunch at mountain hut.
After lunch, it was time to stretch our legs, so we hiked to Črno jezero (Black lake).
In the afternoon, we drove to Kot and Kebelj, and visited the ruins of a castle named Zajčev grad (Rabbit's castle).
Then on to Tinje, Visole, and finally Slovenska Bistrica (the video actually ends in Visole).
Austrian Citroen XM enthusiasts organised a pleasant meeting to celebrate 25th anniversary of the XM.
As I lent my green XM V6 to Niels & Joy, friends from California, I had to borrow another XM for this meeting.
I got a really nice XM V6 for the day from Sašo, Citroen enthusiast from Selnica.
The meeting was supposed to start at 9am, so I hit the road at 5:30am - I had to cover the distance of about 300 km from my house in Slovenia to Eferding in Austria.
It was easy to find the gathering point in Eferding, XMs were all over the place.
When everyone had arrived, we drove to Schaunburg castle ruins nearby, and spent some time there.
Next stop: guesthouse "Die Tenne" in Mühlviertel.
We had great lunch, listened to traditional music, and went kicking tires afterwards.
Then we drove in a convoy to Neufelden, and visited Citroen Pöchtrager dealership.
Niels & Joy arrived from Munich, we met on the way to Neufelden.
Niels' brother Thomas was also there.
It was nice to see them again (and to see my green XM after a couple of months).
The group continued on to dinner, while I drove back home to Slovenia.
