Wet Men

Yesterday our plan was to cycle a 60 mile round trip allowing us to visit the Ostrog Monestry, which is a monastery built into the side of a mountain. So we set full of optimism, and with a song in our hearts. To measure our optimism Paya had a happiness meter on his handlebars, the needle of which needle was teetering dangerously around 'Euphoric' at the start  of the cycle. Unfortunately about 10 miles into the ride we cycled directly into a thunderstorm.

Dry men

With our spirits undamped and Paya's happiness meter reading 'happy, wet and determined' (it's a very precise metre) we plowed up the mountain in the pouring rain with lightening striking the valley not more than a mile away from us. It was a very wet time for all involved. We decided to cancel the monastery visit due to the weather and after a coffee and a conversation in broken English with some pleasant restaurant proprietors we circled around and headed back down the mountain. Descending in the pouring rain was a cold, and slightly scary experience as sheer drops without any safety barriers were pretty common. However, we survived and the happiness meter read 'still wet, still optimistic, and looking forward to a flat cycle home and the forthcoming prospect of watching the World Cup final and having a beer' (we all had to squint at the meter to read that particular one, accurate as it was. I also may or may not have caused a car crash (jury's out).

Wet men

Wet men

 

Evening was easier: ate a stupid about of meat for €5, and watched the football with people from the hostel.

I think I am going to restrict my ice cream reviews to cone shaped ice creams, otherwise it might have the tendency to get silly...

Lion Ice Cream: On first glance this ice cream does not impress. The colour of the caramel flavoured ice cream is something akin to vomit and the chocolate on top is poorly presented; it is also very brittle causing you to displace quite a lot of ice cream as you bite into it. The caramel ice cream itself tasted slightly odd to me, but the inclusion of a chocolaty conclusion meant I left the experience in a good mood. 2 stars.

The weather that made the Wet Men wet when they were previously dry.