Entering Solvenia

A trip to Slovenia and the Skocjan Caves

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April 14th 2009
Mauro picked us up this morning about 7:30 and we drove closer to Udine where we met up with his wife Sandra. Here we distribute ourselves between the two cars and drove closer to Trieste, taking a series of smaller roads up the hills above the city to a very modern church which looks out over the ocean and the city. After a few minutes taking in this view, we got back in the cars and drove to the ... read more

Europe » Slovenia » Istria

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The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed ... ... read more