E_Slovenija: The other España: It should have been Espana but we ended up in Eslovenia

... actually we planned to cross the Pireneos but sometimes even the "best" plan can change... and not just the plan, the whole travel direction.

It was somehow to difficult and awkword and expensive getting to Biarritz and as we wanted to go afterwards to Austria we thought it would be a good idea to visit Slovenija as it is in the neighbourhood of Austria ... here we go :-)

Part one: 15.08. - 19.08.2016

Natural car and street wash while crossing the border to beautiful Slovenija

Our first station was the camping of Bled - 5* ... didn´t know that campsites are given stars...

Lake Bled ... there is a small island in the middle which you can reach by boat ... we wanted to swim to the island but didn´t make it in the end because ...

a swimming heart on the lake

Stroll through the town

The island with the church ... i guess there is nothing else on it

Vintgar Canyon

Our book guide suggested to walk against the stream because the water has a special brilliance
... and he was right

Triglav National Park
on the way to Debela Pec (2015m)

and the return ... guess if we got wet ;-)

Back to the sunny walk to the peak :-)

Caution: bear zone ... and what does this mean for us ???

Almost there...

Signing the mountain summit book under the black ceiling ... guess what happend afterwards: film break, we got a heavy shower with light effects from heaven

after two hours ... still raining

Yes Andrea, the weather was BLED (in German slang that means "stupid") and it was bled too that the next hut was like 1h walking. But we made it and the mountains were really beautiful... worth the two hour shower

At the campsite ... some people were really creative in decorating their tents ... but honestly, would never carry such stuff with me for vacation. You might not see them but they had some teddy bears hanging down the canopy

Nest stop: The capital of Slovenija, Ljublijana
Everyone who feels hot, can take a shower in the city center ... they are making their own weather. They have some programmed pipelines over this place ... it doesn´t matter weather you´re "lucky" or not, you get wet :-).

The pipelines

Street artists

Just in time made ice cream

Street life

I was somehow often in doubt this year ;-)

Krk Valley, Zuzemberk

Dragonfly on the river

Kayaking: Our hosts offered us a kayak for a river trip, so we did it

downriver ...

...and upriver

The restaurant of our pension: Koren

After Zuzemberk we continued to Croatia, to Zagreb:
http://pozoradventure.blogspot.de/.

We stayed there for one week and than...

Part two: 26.08. - 28.06.2016

...we came back to Slovenija to visit the famous Postojnska Caves. ...we´we been a few years before to a similar cave in south Italy and the guide there told us that we HAVE to visit this one ... so we did

Ladies and Gentleman: The Postojnska Cave (23 km long)
It first took us a 20 minutes ride by train to get in the deepness of the cave and than we had a 2h guided tour.

Which language needs the most letters for writing "tickets"?
Hmmmm

Hudicevec: The best pension ever. Tasty meal and a huge flat for the two of us. It was luxury having two separate sleeping rooms after so many nights of tenting.

The Soka Valley
Guys preparing for slacklining

The nature, our food provider

Empty streets after a 4h traffic jam

Camping in Podbela

Beer over the river

View out of the tent with the river in the front

Back from "shopping"

Prepared for the rafting adventure.
The neopren suit was really necessary cause the water was icy, chilly, frosty ... there are not enough words to describe how cold it was :-)