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Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran May 5th 2013

Tänä viikonloppuna päädyin bussilla rannikolle. Niemen nokassa oleva Piranin vanhakaupunki osoittautui muodostelmaksi keskiaikaista arkkitehtuuria ja kapeita venetsialaistyylisiä kujia. Kaupungissa on useampi historiallisesti merkittävä nähtävyys, kaupunki on myös säveltäjä Giuseppe Tartinin syntymäpaikka. Tältä viikonlopulta en halunnut juuri mitään sen suurempaa, kuin vaihtaa maisemaa, kävellä rauhassa ja vähän kuvailla. Mielikuva siitä, että olin paremminkin Italiassa kuin Sloveniassa, vahvistui viimeistään, kun ruokailuani sävytti yhtäkkiä terassin täydeltä ahtaneet italialaiset. Kaikkea sitä eläytyvän puheen sorinaa ihastuneen huvittuneena seuratessani, tunsin olevani kuin päähenkilö yhdestä puhkikatsotusta elokuvasta (terveisiä vaan Sintulle!). Hostellissa neljän hengen dormissa nukuin maagiset yhdentoista tunnin yöunet. En edes muista milloin olisin viimeksi nukkunut niin... read more

Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Koper June 4th 2012

Woke up early, made our plans for our visit to Croatia. We had already decided to spend a week in Pula and perhaps call in on Rovinj but after talking to our new German friends we had made new plans. It was going to be the island of Krk. Went to the shop before leaving to stock up on milk, bread,cheese, ham and potatoes. The prices seemed very expensive and I was unsure if this was Italian high pricing or just campsite prices. We fixed our metal GB plate on the van. Apparently in Croatia the Euro GB plate is not sufficient and you need to affix a second plate. This now sits proud on one side of the van opposite a welsh dragon on the other side. Have you noticed how many drivers don’t even ... read more
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Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Izola May 30th 2012

Luna mai, luna preferata a vacantelor, soare cu vanticel de primavara. Am ales Slovenia intai la Bled. Un oras de vis situat pe marginea lacului care isi schimba culorile in functie de lumina, anotimp si pasari. Ne-am cazat la o pensiune gasita cu greu, pentru ca orasul chiar are locuri de cazare. Am facut cazarea de acasa prin e-mail, totul stabilit ca la carte. Aici insa am dat peste niste alei inguste dar frumoase, rupte dintr-o atmosfera de poveste, casute-pensiuni de 2etaje cu floricele la fereastra si loc de parcare. Am gasit si pensiunea noastra, care era la 10 minute de mers pe jos de oras, dar natura era cu tine peste tot, pentru ca treceam printr-o poienita alaturi de zumzetul pasarilor locale, incat iti zbura oboseala. Gazde primitoare inca de la venire, cu indicatii, camera ... read more
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Europe » Slovenia » Istria December 12th 2011

A flight and a car to lake bled , a visit to the Soca valley, frontier of a farewell to arms which was my high point though i loved the hostel and the george best bar :) headache tastic. lubijana was good but no prague. would have loved to have had more time in the mountains and time to visit the coast :(... read more
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Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran October 18th 2011

Welcome to the tenth edition of our journal documenting the first fifteen months of challenges and adventures while living in --and in this case, traveling out of--Antalya, Turkey. We've just returned to our dusty flat in Turkey after almost ten weeks in Hungary, Austria, and Slovenia. The trip ended in the U.S. for some sweet reunions with friends and family and for a wonderful family wedding in the mountains above the Pacific. Instead of a chronological record of the trip, we'd like to write a bit about some broad observations we had about the countries and cultures we visited. We begin with this blog's theme "Carpe Diem" (or Seize the Day), chosen to capture the mood of our late summer travels in eastern and central Europe. As Americans, we are used to having an agenda for ... read more
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The Church in Maria Alm, Austria

Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran September 3rd 2011

I was surprisingly perky the next day. I could even eat. Walking through Ljubljana to the train station, I noticed that the city was awash with school kids who all had their faces and arms smothered in graffiti. Dule had told us last night that yesterday was the last day of the holidays so perhaps this is some kind of Slovenian freshers ritual. Anyway, we caught a train to the small town of Divaca, the closest town to the Skocjan Caves. We were a bit lucky on arrival - there was a free bus waiting to take us to the caves. It didn't get us to the caves fast enough for the 2pm tour though unfortunately, so we had about an hour to kill. To kill it, we started walking up a path that circumnavigated the ... read more
Piran Marina
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Underground Canyon

Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran June 20th 2011

The heading above is of course appropriate for all the right/wrong reasons. This is all about seeing as much as you can, but there comes a point where you cannot – let alone write about it! This is written on the 4 ½ hr bus trip on 23 June to Zadar – so some days on, and in a way this is better as I will not be able to babble on! Cos I can only just remember. Anyway the 10am bus to Piran from Ljub seemed about right when bought form the machine (finally – touch screens can be jumpy) – but I was panicked about getting there in time as walking 10-15mins so got the hotel to call a cab. They said 10 mins which was about the time I had! – but he ... read more
Izola - a house
Izola - Lasko beer
Izola rudie and nudie

Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Piran November 12th 2010

Piran The trip from Pula to Piran was a bit compliated and included two trains, a stop at the Croatian-Slovenian border where we got told off by a police man for wandering off over the invisible border, an hours wait in a dead-end town for a train that turned out to be a minibus and we were the only people on, a drive to Koper in a thunderstorm, an hours journey on a public bus to Piran, which we reached at a beautiful moment- the receding storm clouds over the sea with the rays of the setting sun peeping through. Piran was love at first sight. Second challenge was finding our way to the hostel, at night, no map, but again Matt's uncanny sense of direction won out and we found it no problem! No one ... read more
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view of Piran

Europe » Slovenia » Istria October 9th 2010

Slovenia On the ferry to Rijeka, we met the young Irish couple we had seen on the Peljesac. They were going to cycle right out of Rijeka through Slovenia to Trieste in the west. It was the same direction we were headed, but I was worried about the ride because of our bad experience into Rijeka from the east. Another conversation with a Croatian on the ferry convinced us the roads would be good and the traffic would be manageable. We were not ready to stop riding either. Rijeka was cold when we arrived at 7:00. It said 13 degrees (centigrade) on a bank sign. We had gone from tropical to fall overnight. Even though we did not feel like we slept well on the ferry, we decided to hit the road right away. It turned ... read more
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Europe » Slovenia » Istria » Koper July 28th 2010

Quando a maioria das pessoas, e aqui falamos sobretudo de brasileiros, nos conta sobre viagens à Europa, é raro ouvirmos falar de um roteiro que fuja do convencional. Estão sempre lá as grandes capitais do oeste, na companhia de uma ou outra cidade de porte menor, mas ainda assim de forte apelo turístico. Dia desses, fuçando na popular, porém fraca, comunidade “Mochileiros na Europa” do Orkut, uma pesquisa comprovava isso. Das localidades prediletas dos viajantes brasileiros, nada menos do que 27 cidades foram citadas, todas com mais de um milhão de habitantes, 90% localizadas em algum lugar da Espanha, Itália, França, Alemanha, Inglaterra ou Portugal. Natureza e lugares inusitados, como se vê, não são motivos de atração para a maior parte dos brasileiros que vão à Europa. É, porém, e como o leitor sabe bem, o ... read more
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