Kumrovec is like a preserved village, a museum and is beautiful. It shows life as a small, rural village was and Tito’s birthplace is beautifully preseved with a statue of him in the garden. I didn’t have time to visit much before the last bus went back to Zapresic but, needless to say, I felt chuffed to have made it albeit for a short while. I think it normally closes at 4pm and entrance is for a modest fee but the chap on the gate was not only extremely helpful but allowed three of us in without the need for a ticket. For anyone interested in the Zagorje region and Tito, this is a very worthwhile journey and well worth doing – but go on a weekday when, if going by bus, transport options are better.

Up before the sparrows the next day, I flew back to Heathrow and the Croatia Airlines flight was very good. I had some duty free to pick up and had placed an order on the Croatia Airlines website only to wonder later if I had ordered the wrong article. I bought it at Zagreb Airport and hoped that the system would fail me when the duty free came round on the flight. It didn’t and a smiling stewardess stopped at my seat and I had to make my excuses but it’s good to know that their system works.