Solo - still travelling by myself

So after visiting Mt. Bromo I intentionally was heading for Surabaya as I had a reservation there. Then I was told that Surabaya is a Moloch so I changed my plans and bought a direct busticket to Solo (formally known as Surakarta). Well guess what? I had to go to Surabaya first to change the bus as the direct bus or mini-bus had broken down. Funny side to the story was that my busticket was taken away instantly while entering the first bus to Surabaya, so I had no busticket to show on the bus from Surabaya to Solo. I dont know how they did it, but the ticketcollector somehow knew that I had bought a direkt ticket to Solo. On the bus I met an Indonesian doctor, who was so friendly to accompany me to a possible accomodation as we arrived quite late in Solo.
So for the next day, as I had only little bit more than half day, I planned on visiting the Puri Mangkunegara and the Kraton Surakarta (the two royal palaces of Solo). I had to change plans again, as I had found out that latter was closed as it was a Friday and a muslim holiday. So I visited Puri Mangkunegara first, which is in my opinion the most impressive royal building in Indonesia, as it also exhibits jewellery, crockery, ccrystal, armery and old furniture.
After that I was offered a lift to Candi Sukuh (the remains of a Hindu temple). I was impressed by the scenery that surrounds the ruins of this temple, but also by the remains of this temple, as there are several sculptures representing fertility symbols. So not only a Hindu temple but also a temple dedicated to the worship of fertility.
After the temple my driver of the motorcylce dragged me into two batic stores (traditional way of painting), where they sold different batic clothes. As that is not really my taste of clothing I was able to resist.
At noon I made my to Yogyakarta, where I was going to spend the last days of my trip.