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We packed up and said goodbye to Lisa and Sean for 2 days as we are going to a Trieste and they are visiting Ljubljana. It was an easy drive to Trieste – just over half an hour. The Italian border was easy to get through. They reduced the traffics to a single lane and…
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It was a cool night and cool morning after some rain last night. We took our time to get ready for only 1 visit today to the amazing Predjama castle – a castle in a cave. It inspired George RR Martin to write Games of Thrones. It was also used in the Jackie Chan film…
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It was a nice cool morning after yesterday’s very hot weather. We got organised and booked the Postojna caves tour at 12.30. Arriving at the car park there was a large traffic jam getting in as they were running out of space. It didn’t take too long until we were put in a field. It…
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We were moving campsites today but wanted to see an interesting village on the way called Stanjel. The guidebook said it was made from cut stone. We saw some beautiful hilltop villages on the way. We arrived and saw the castle turrets and walls as we went up the hill. It was very hot and…
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We all piled into Lisa and Sean’s van and set off up the Soca River towards Tolmin. The views with the mountains and green/blue river were lovely. We arrived at car park 1 at the Tolmin Gorge and were shooed away to car park 2 as we were a motorhome. However that wasn’t so bad…
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Vipava is advertised as a major biking area with lots of interesting trails. So we set off on our bikes with cycling maps and apps and a route in our minds to go along the river and find a circular route around the old village of Vipavski Kriz. We found a nice gravel route through…
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We got up late and we were a bit shabby after our big 7 course dinner with wine. We needed a refreshing swim to get us going. The boys led the way. Lisa and I paid the bill and surveyed the scene of the dinner – now very tranquil. We got packed up and left…
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It was a dull cloudy morning so there was no swimming on the cards. Lisa and I checked out the sculpture garden on the site after getting our passports checked – a Slovenian requirement. The site has an annual art event where artists come and create art pieces. some stay here. After getting organised we…
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We left the lovely spot at Ljubljana Resort campsite with hot bureks stashed ready for lunch later with Sean and Lisa. We enjoyed more beautiful scenery on the way to Saksida camping and winery near Novo Goriska on the west side of Slovenia. We arrived just before lunchtime and found Lisa and Sean in the…
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The day was much brighter so the first thing we got done was our washing. We have a nice little garden area to ourselves so we made full use of it and hung it all out. We then cycled into town again to check out what we had missed yesterday. First of all was the…