Blogs from Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 35

Today I went to Lake Bled, a beautiful lake up by the Julian Alps. It was a bit of a challenge finding the right freeway, but with the help of a nice lady out to walk her dog, I was pointed in the right direction. The guidebook said to follow the signs for Bled, which would have been easy if there were any. Here, the signs pointed to another town. It would be like looking for a sign to Vancouver, BC while in Portland; you would have to follow the signs to Olympia and Seattle and then there would be signs for Vancouver. All was well though. It was misty, cold, grey, rainy, but beautiful at the Lake. I walked around, climbed up a big hill to tour a castle. Up there, they have a printing ... read more

Nuestro viaje a Bled fue como meternos en un cuento de niños. La gran nevada que cayó convirtió el paisaje el algo mágico e indescriptible. ... read more

As always, we started the day out with breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we boarded the bus, bound for various sites in the Alpine region. Lorie wasn’t feeling well, so she stayed in Bled. Our first stop was Skofja Loka, Slovenia’s oldest city. We strolled along 800 year old streets, layered with cobblestones. After reaching the highest point in the city, we toured the museum and castle. Portions of the castles have been restored through the years, most notably by Joze Plecknik, Slovenia’s most important Architect. We continued our tour by stopping at the Elan Factory outlet. We shopped briefly then continued on to Bohinj. We had a late, light lunch at Restavracija Zlatovcica (the size of our group apparently overwhelmed the very lightly staffed restaurant). After lunch, we strolled around Lake Bohinj - Slovenia’s ... read more

“Dober dan!” Hello! After having breakfast at Hotel Bled, we headed out for the day. The tour today includes a trip into the Kras Region, near the Italian border, a little east of the area where we toured yesterday. This region of Slovenia is the World’s original “karst” area and is where the term karrst topography originated. The area is riddled with limestone outcroppings and sinkholes and an extensive underground lake and cavern system. The fist stop was in Lipica. Founded in 1580, this is the site of the original stud-farm for Lippazan stallions. A classical riding school was founded after WWII. Our tour of the Farm took us through the training area and stables. We saw where the mares are stabled, yearlings that still had their dark coats, and the older Stallions that were completely ... read more

Ladies and gents, ponovno pozdravljeni v oddaji Spet ne doma. Tokrat vas bomo popeljali nekam, kamor Ivina noga še ni stopila, nekam, kamor je Juri Muri odšel e zavnaj, nekam tja dol v A-A- uh? Avstralijo? - Afriko! Natančneje v Ugando, v Kabale, kjer domuje organizacija Edirisa (www.edirisa.org). Ta bo naslednje tri tedne moja razširjena druina. Toda kot se za začetke spodobi, se bomo še malo ustavili pri uvodu. Zakaj? Ker trenutno visim na Brniku (uporabiti ime Joe Pučnik v tej kombinaciji besed bi bilo neustrezno), zaradi nesebične pomoči moje sopotnice Mankice pa - jasna stvar! - visim na zastonj wirelessu na njen laptopu. No, prijazno osebje iz Adrije nas je ravnokar povabilo na zajtrk (seveda sem spaktirana z Murphyjem, ker sem ravnokar kupila nekaj za jest v djutiču!), tako da se za hip poslavljam in ... read more