Blogs from Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 36

In pretty much the same way as patterns started developing to my holidaying trends, even my annual week-long ski breaks fell into a similar mode, and in time-honoured tradition of going on one pricey ski break, followed by a budget option, January 2008 was the turn of the budget ski trip, and the location for it was the picturesque ski resort of north-western Slovenia, Kranjska Gora. Nestled in the midst of the Julian Alps and a stone's throw from both the Italian and Austrian borders, this ski town had been blighted by the lack of reliable snowfall in 2007, which made skiing there the following season seem like myself and snowboarding nephew were taking a gamble of sorts regarding the snow record. Well, the resort itself was pretty enough even without a healthy fall of fresh ... read more

This morning was possibly our earliest start yet in our travels, we even made time for breakfast. We caught the bus to Postojna pretty easily and the journey took us approximately an hour. We knew that the cave tours didn't begin until ten in the morning, however the bus timetable really didn't mesh with the cave timetable in any way shape or form. We jumped off the bus at the station which is in the middle of the town, it felt like a ghost town. It was ten to nine in the morning but there was very little movement anywhere. We had a glance around the square and easily found a sign directing us to the caves. It took little over five minutes to get to the main entrance to the caves and then we found ... read more

Today we got up early so that we could get to lake Bled and get back in time for the ice hockey match we had bought tickets for. After enjoying another buffet breakfast we made our way to the bus station, although we were unsure as to where it was. I had seen that it was in front of the train station from the map but had no idea where to buy tickets; we went into the train station, I went to the ticket desk and Steph to the information and we both found out that it was the kiosk type thing outside. Joining up again we bought our tickets and also some bread and water for our budget picnic. Once in Bled we walked down to the lake and although the mist partially hid the ... read more

We woke up early however there wasn't a cat in hells chance we were getting through the bathroom so I jumped into Rob's bed to wait. We lay there for about an hour whilst the rude German men, completely oblivious to anyone else took their time showering etc. Eventually there were only a few lingerers so I "politely" explained that I couldn't get dressed with them all hanging around. We dressed quickly but still had to ask to get a chance to go to the bathroom with each German presuming it was their birth right to go in the bathroom first and to take their sweet time about it. Once downstairs we went on the internet to check if anyone missed us and then set off to the train station. We were very early for the ... read more

reeeeeeeesting! my legs are falling off, i swear. see, i cant remember my legs being this tired in summer, despite that being a month of walking around. i suppose i wasnt waking up at 7am every day then, but still. whats happened to me?! i'm so unfit, it's ridiculous. ah well, boo hoo hoo. it's still been a fantastic time. token recap. after leaving this on an incredible cliffhanger yesterday as i thought i was in a rush, it turned out that my train to koper was 30minutes late, so with hindsight i could have sat around and provided the thrilling ending that the entry deserved, but no, i decided to sit on the platform like a giant lemon. train arrived, and away we went. i do enjoy staring out the window, it's nice. although i've ... read more