Day 240 – EU – Croatia [Slatina to Virovitica]

19/10/20

30.5km

  From Slatina (Croatia) to Virovitica (Croatia)

Europe

Short sunny run in the countryside, on Croatia’s Paprika Route

I’m counting my blessings! Today was another superb day on the road, sunny and bright. From what I read on the weather forecasts, it is currently quite cold for the season. The coming days and week should see temperatures go slightly up. It is currently about 5 Celsius as I leave in the morning, after sunrise, and it stings a bit.

Today was a short run, I went easy and took plenty of breaks. I actually took a break every time a cat or dog was sitting in the sun outside their front porch. And there were quite a lot! I am surprised that I get to see a lot less roadkills than usual on the road, despite seeing quite a lot of domesticated animals roaming free in front of their masters’ houses. Anyway I got a lot of cuddles from my four legged animal friends along the road today!

The road I ran on is dubbed the Paprika Route. As I ran by many villages I noticed many households selling vegetables, loads of peppers mostly, on their front porch. I read about the Paprika Route today and it’s a local initiative to develop the farming industry and is backed up by the Ministry of Tourism. I am not sure how they combine tourism and the production of peppers, but all I can say is that it’s a beautiful region and a pleasure to travel through!

I arrived today in Virovitica, a very nice little town with a beautiful 18th century castle. The town is set near the Papuk mountain range (low mountain) which I am crossing tomorrow on my way to Garesnica.

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Here is the map of today’s run: