Gina and Janez gathering wild garlic

2 to 9 May - First week in Slovenia

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May 9th 2012
Fittingly Gina and I arrive in Slovenia on my birthday, 2 May. Over about 3 days we’d taken Le Petit Pois down from Argenton into the south of France and then across Provence, past the riveria towns of Cannes and Nice, into Italy. We scooted past Genoa and, because it was raining, went straight across the northern expanse of Italy in one day, breaking the journey outside of Venice. The next day ... read more

Europe » Slovenia

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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