Page 2 of JackHorner Travel Blog Posts


Europe » Slovenia September 17th 2008

Logarska Dolina - T K Perk After a relatively cloudy and cold day yesterday, this morning started bright and clear. I awoke just before sunrise, so I was out in position to get some shots of the sun coming up over the mountains in the east. The panoramic vistas are truly stunning, and the sun picked out some of the detail as it rose. Breakfast was as before, but this time we found out that the cured meat was called elodec, for which the farm had won many awards, it’s not surprising as it really is good. Today we decided to take a drive into Solčava, then to Logarska Dolina. The village/town of Solčava was packed. We found out that there was a funeral happening and there were mourners everywhere, carrying large red votives and one ... read more
Rinka Falls

Europe » Slovenia September 16th 2008

Logarska Dolina - T K Perk After a good night’s sleep, I woke early and managed to get out and try and get a few early morning photos. It was a bit overcast, cold, but the sun was trying to break through. It wasn’t the most successful of shoots, but it gave a flavour of our surroundings. Breakfast was at 8am and none of us were quite sure what to expect, but we set to and managed to plough our way through. We started with bread & butter with honey or fig jam, and then we could have eggs, boiled or sort of scrambled then along came all the cold meats & cheese. All this was washed down with either a mint & herb tea or coffee with hot milk. The thing which throw us was ... read more
T K Perk
Luna the dog
TK Perk

Europe » Slovenia September 15th 2008

Logarska Dolina - T K Perk Well the morning dawned and it was raining. We managed to have breakfast, check water levels and leave Graswang by 0855, so not a bad effort. The journey today took us via Bad Tolz, Salzburg, Villach, Klagenfurt and then into the mountains to get to Logarska Dolina in Slovenia. For once the journey was relatively un-eventful. We checked the water twice and on neither occasion did I need to fill her up, so this water business is very confusing. Before entering Austria I plucked up the courage to ask for a Vignette Oustriche, which allowed us to drive on the Austrian motorways. We entered Slovenia via a little used pass from Bad Eissenchappel, and there was snow, well enough to make the smallest snowman possible. After taking the obligatory pictures ... read more
Snow Man
Snow Man
We've arrived

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Oberammergau September 14th 2008

We woke to rain, mist and general gloom. However we were again welcomed warmly at breakfast. Everyone is dressed in Bavarian dress, there are stuffed birds, Boars heads, Deer’s antlers adorning the walls, and Clare even had a “Mr Pheasant” to talk to, though he didn’t talk back like the original one at home. The water in the car is a little down on the last time we looked yesterday, so we will probably go for a small excursion to Oberammergau and see how things go. As thought we took a short drive to Oberammergau, they were in the middle of a series of mountain bike races, so there was music playing (Kylie Minogue seemed the only CD they had) stalls and general hub-bub. The riders were returning extremely wet, cold and muddy, but all the ... read more
Hotel Wolf

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Oberammergau September 13th 2008

It never rain but it pours! Literally & metaphorically. We left home yesterday evening about 2100, as there had been problems all day with the channel tunnel, consequently we arrived at Dover at 2305 for a 0200 ferry. Fortunately they put us on to the midnight one instead. The crossing was uneventful; we arrived in Dunkerque at 0300 local time. With the Satnav on we headed to Germany, though it wanted to send us via France, with hindsight it might of been trying to tell us something. After about an hour we stopped for a cup of tea etc just after Bruges and fell asleep for three hours. Vaguely refreshed we continued on our journey via Brussels, Liege and Aachen into Germany. Here the fun started, it was extremely wet, and the spray was awful, we ... read more




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