Day 2 Schwarzl Winery - Ptuj, Slovenia

We got up before 8 am because we were told that breakfast was at 8, and went down to the breakfast room. Our table was ready. We were served two kinds of cereal, village-made yogurt, village baked bread and warm rolls, home-made sausages, cheese and coffee + apple and orange juices to drink. It was all very tasty. After breakfast, we packed, paid for our room and decided to walk part of the Sudsteirische Weinstrasse. We packed the car and left it in the parking area and started walking towards the village of Ratsch. It was a very pretty road among wineries and hills, but it was very hot and sunny. We made a 5-6 km circle, got in the car, and drove to the village of Gamlitz. We walked around Gamlitz, then had coffee and some local pastry and then drove across the border to Slovenia. The oldest city of Slovenia, Ptuj, is only about 50 km from the border. The city www.ptuj.si was established in Roman times and has some interesting historical monuments from from Roman and post-Roman times, including a castle on a hill, a few churches, town houses and charming narrow streets. It also has hot springs and a river that goes through the city. We found tourist info, who recommended a place to stay, places to eat and to visit. We rented a great room in a pension Sliac, then had dinner in restaurant Ribic (we had grilled fish, but we were not thrilled about the service or the food) and a carafe or the local riesling (very good). After dinner we walked through the historical part of town until the sky became very, very dark. A few minutes after we got into our room, a big storm started. We had a little water disaster in the bathroom (not related to the rain, but to Reni trying to cool a bottle of beer) and as a result the owner came and we had a long talk about the history of this house, which was dates back to 11th or 12th century and was in his family for a long time until the communists took it away. His grandma got it back and he inherited it, but it was in ruins. He did a very good job renovating it.