http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Slovenia , Upper Carniola , Kranjska Gora en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:49:25 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:49:25 BST wow. well today i'm feeling what can only be described as fragile. last night was the big giant birthday japes and suffice to say it was celebrated accordingly. these slovene folk certainly know what they are doing when it comes to partying. rent a cabin type thing in the middle of nowhere get more alcohol than all the pubs in welshpool could muster and go. and by go i mean GO. so yes it was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-222302.html aaaaaaaaaace. it's bloody cold in this wonderful place. jerry is currently on an inversion table and it looks pretty entertaining to be fair. anyway token recap of the last 24 hours. getting to stansted was a pain and it cost me a stupid amount of money resulting in me then worrying about saving money for when i get back which is pretty lame as i dont want to worry about that whilst i'm here http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-221008.html So the first entry... How my travels started... nothing too dramatic...At the end of September 1998 i was finishing my graduation thesis. And in Ljubljana met for a drink my best friend Adi. While drinking beer and watching people going by he explained his idea to go traveling to Zanzibar... Zanzibar I asked Thats somewhere faaaaar away Yep Africa he replied...Well i was interested to go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-145173.html I think I got the name of the town I'm staying in wrong. Its Podkoren not whatever I said. The websight for the hostel I' staying at is www.prtatko.com. I definitely recommend it if you're in Slovenia Zack Ty the hockey pool guys. Really cool owner who makes honey schnaps which is SUPER good.I left you after the Triglav turnoff. On my way down the hill a guy pulled over for me and said so http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-122193.html Here come the photos At the moment Im at a super awesome nonHI hostel in PodKrom Slovenia. But I'll start at the beginning. There is too much to talk about so I'll breze through it and emphasize the highlights.When Kirsten Kyran and I got to the airport everything was cool Kirsten had rented a car because there wernt any busses to the small town Mojstrana where we had rented an appartment. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-122116.html Today Barbara and Matjaz took me through the Julian alps. We started the day with nice long walk along a gorgeous river. Every now and then there were small pools of water which looked quite inviting...until i realised that the water would have been no more than 8 degrees Later that day we reached the top of another mountain that had some very whindy roads which some of you may know just how we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-95577.html Today began with Grega Miha and Helena picking me up at 9 am. This was quite a controversy during the lunchtime discussion two days earlier Marija had voted for 7am Helena for 8 and Grega indignant and young for 10. A compromise was in order.We headed northwest towards Kranjska Gora. As a side note when we stopped for gas and snacks I was absolutely thrilled to find that Milka brand http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-74445.html For seventeen days I wandered between three of the exYugoslav republics with Slovenia as both the first and the last stop on my trip. Like part of a family they all share certain common elements of history language cuisine and culturehellipbut just like any one of three sisters who is constantly admired for her similarities to the other two each would be quick to highlight what different http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Kranjska-Gora/blog-18601.html