The castle before the cave

Castles and Caves and Farewells...

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July 19th 2010
Left Gorizia fairly early this morning and headed into Slovenia. I honestly wasn't sure why on earth we were going to Slovenia, of all the places in the world, but my non-expectations have been thoroughly exceeded and I think it was what we needed to get over the emotional drama of yesterday. Our first stop was at Predjama castle. Pred apparently means 'before' in Slovenian, and jama means 'c ... read more

Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

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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