Slovenia, a country so nice she visits it twice: August 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

Pletna

This is a Pletna boat. The owners named their boats and collected the money for each passenger.

Day for taking pictures

While Tony was busy I used my time taking photos of this beautiful town. I took a ride to the Otok Island on a Pletna boat. The photos are of the Island and of our Hotel in Bled.

Laura and Vid invited Tony to hike in the Triglav National Park. They got an early start, then the clouds opened up and it poured. After they dried off the three of them drove to Lake Bohinj. The view is spectacular at the Vogel Ski Resort

Sunday, August 26, 2012

WWI Museum

The markers for the graves were pretty moving.

Water Fall and lunch

Jorgi stopped at a beautiful water fall and he said it is usually bigger. I liked it. We stopped for lunch in Bovec where most of the conflict for WWI took place. Tony had never eaten a whole fish before.

Italy

The first Photo is of Italy and the second is our road back down. I fell asleep on the way,

Beautiful Views

The trip was well worth it. We were right at the border of Italy and Slovenia. The views were beautiful I snapped a picture of Jorgi taking our picture, Just take another step back!

Jorgi's Surprise

Jorgi told me he had a surprise. He was on this road which was not wide enough for two cars. I was a little nervous then he showed us the side of the mountain where an avalanche came through. We were heading to the Možnica Mountain of 1900m

Kluze Fort

The Kluze Fort was used during the Napoleon time in the 15th century. It was also used during the WWI battles.

Rocks everywhere

There were lots of beautiful rocks so Tony found a few to bring home. They were freezing.

Soča River

Our trip took us to the river valley. The Soča River is very cold and clear since it get the water from the mountains. he water level was low due to the drought Slovenia is experiencing.

Pesty Butterfly

We stopped for some refreshment and this little butterfly would not leave Tony and Jorgi alone.

Julius Kugy

Julius was a mountain climber and he studied plants during his adventures. They built this statue in the middle of these beautiful mountains and had him looking at the peaks

Look out

At this stop we saw some remains from WWI, Thys used a cable system to bring up supplies during the war.

Free Range Sheep

We reached the top of Vašič Pass ay 1600m. A big heard of sheep were grazing by the parked cars. Sheepy, Sheepy, Sheepy.

Ajda

This is two different angles to see the face of Ajda. She was cursed by the towns people for predicting the death of the Zlatorog (Golden Horn)

Window

The window is large enough for the Statue of Liberty to crawl through.

Switch Back

The Russian prisoners built this road through the Julian Alps. Each turn is numbered and this one is #8. There are 24 going up and 26 coming back down. Notice the cobble stones to help keep traction.

Russian Chapel

We stopped to see the Chapel built in the mountains to honor the Russian Prisoners of WWI, Hundreds lost their lives when an Avalanche rolled down the mountain. The chapel was built where the final body was found. Jorgi took advantage of the fresh spring water.

Heading to the mountains

Jorgi picked us up at our hotel and we headed for the Vašič Pass. He stopped at Kranjska Gora so we could take a few pictures. Jorgi was very happy to see snow since Slovenia has had a very hot summer.