Blogs from Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia, Europe

Another day in Slovenia. Sounds like a bit of a put down but anything but. Slovenia is beautiful. The rivers, the mountains, the villages, the towns, the people have been terrific. We’re very comfy in the hotel now, early check in, showered and feeling quite human again. It’s a half board arrangement and we have selected evening meal from soups, carpaccio of beef with homemade breads, hand made sheep curd with pumpkin and honey, ‘pork fish’ or veal ribs and salads and deserts. Not sure what pork fish is but I’m having it! The half board arrangements have provided us with home cooked offerings which have been good but pretty basic. Here local trout is a treat but we have missed it so far. Not all our accommodations have offered half board so often we are ... read more

Tolmin, the only Slovenian town I can pronounce. At least I think I can. I will admit that I’m not practicing much. A tourist approached me today and asked if I spoke English! I answered ‘of course’ in my best European, she asked a few questions and I answered. I’m sure she thought my English was rather good. Short walk today but still plenty of up and plenty of down. The track designer must share that Wainwright trait of not going where you expect to go. Starting destination and finishing destination are both at lake level, literally 24 m of vertical separation yet we do ten times that in elevation! You would think a scenic route around the lake and along the river. Well you would be very wrong. Up the hills, through the forest and ... read more

Who knows what region I’m in Slovenia? That’s not a quiz question but a desperate plea for help filling in the categories above. I know I’m in Bled but… The country is literally being flooded with flood warnings. Constantly my appreciation of Slovenian traditional folk music was interrupted with emergency flood warnings. Consequently I’m not the authority on the subject and may have to defer any questions on the subject to our GoOpti driver’s dad who we were told listens to nothing else. Nobody has heard of GoOpti I know and how I booked via them I’m not sure but they were excellent. Very good communication prior, punctual, comfortable and significantly cheaper than a taxi they provided just what we needed. The floods caused us some consternation as we thought roads may be blocked but our ... read more

Left TOP rafting and the Alps behind us heading south on the 102/103, it was a beautiful drive. This was the longest drive of the holiday - 132km - down to see the Lipizzan horses in Lipica. We saw lots of lovely foals (who sadly didn't want to say hello), then had our own guided tour around the stud farm buildings by Boris. We failed to find the Carriage Museum or the older foals out in the other fields - bad directions for the former & they were the other side of the paddock for the latter. We spotted both on our way out though! We then drove over to visit the Škocjan Caves - a UNESCO site due to the amazing kast formations and unique ecosystems, it also contains the largest known underground canyon in ... read more

Rano totalne nahovno po vcerajsich 5 pivach. Natlacil som do seba puding a zapil to tekutim jogurtom a siel pokracovat v spanku. Z postele som sa nakonec vykopal az ked dosla jedna baba co bola v rovnakom hosteli v lublane ako ja. Povedala mi svoje plany. Zajtra bohinske jazera a dnes vodopad sum. Povodne som chcel ist na vrch osojnica ale vonku nahovno pocasie, hmlisto. Nuz teda si to mierim pesi k vodopadu sum. Idem po asfaltke az do deninky zasip. Okolo dedinske domceky, polia, kravy, ovce. V pozadi vysoke vrchy, ktore su fakt neni dobre videt bo hmlisto. V zasipe sa napajam na znacenie smer kostolik sv.katarini. Ten nic extra , od neho startuje lesna cesta k vodopadu. Ziadny hiking ale len walking cez les. Cesticka pohodova, obcas sa cesta rozdvojovala ale offline mapa pomohla. ... read more