Lots to see.......
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Germany Austria Slovenia etc.....another view
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I bonded particularly with this one...
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We had tickets for 'the show', and it was stunning....I know I'm probably a bit biased, after having been involved with horses in another life, but I defy anyone to not have their soul singing after watching the relationship betwen rider and horse, to acknowledge the degree of skill and training .....7-10 years depending on the horse....and to see how happy, trusting and exuberant they were. Awesome.
After the horses we drove through some lovely wooded backroads to Pivka and the Park of Military Museum. Pete is interested in tanks and had asked if there was a tank....is there a tank!? There's dozens!
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After the horses we drove through some lovely wooded backroads to Pivka and the Park of Military Museum. Pete is interested in tanks and had asked if there was a tank....is there a tank!? There's dozens!
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We had dodged showers all day, even heard a bit of thunder, but our luck held as we made it back to Ljubljana.
Un fortunately all those folk who had left for the seaside were now o3 their way back, it being now Sunday, so much filtering followed.
The hotel restaurant was shut on Sunday night so we had planned a picnic from Lidl or Hofer, to find that all supermarkets were shut on Sunday night.
A taxi took us into the town centre for the princely sum of 6 euros, the bustling city centre had plenty of grub opportunities. A very enjoyable day.
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Un fortunately all those folk who had left for the seaside were now o3 their way back, it being now Sunday, so much filtering followed.
The hotel restaurant was shut on Sunday night so we had planned a picnic from Lidl or Hofer, to find that all supermarkets were shut on Sunday night.
A taxi took us into the town centre for the princely sum of 6 euros, the bustling city centre had plenty of grub opportunities. A very enjoyable day.
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A decent forecast prompted an earlier start. A dash up the dualler to Jesenice and on to Kranska Gora, thence the Vrsic Pass. This was every bit as good as I remembered; an interesting road amongst the stunning scenery of the Julian Alps. If I were to find a problem, it would be the astonishing conduct of German motorcyclists. I dont care if they want to go faster than me, I usually see them coming up and let them past, but the ones that force overtakes into blind bends are a fucking menace....a group caught us up, but must have come to grief, they were there behind and then they were never seen again after a set of bends. Bollocks to them.
We had a brief coffe break half way up....what views....
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We had a brief coffe break half way up....what views....
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Over the top and down into the Soca
Valley...awesome scenery. We stopped to admire the river and I managed to get a picture of a Soca trout!
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Valley...awesome scenery. We stopped to admire the river and I managed to get a picture of a Soca trout!
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On into Bovec for a quick lunch ....what views from a lunch table..
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And then via back lanes towards Ljubljana....some of them great roads and terrific fun, following valleys and rivers through the foothills of the Julian Alps.
We got back 5 or 10 minutes before a awesome storm....good timing.
A great days biking.
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We got back 5 or 10 minutes before a awesome storm....good timing.
A great days biking.
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Our last full day in Slovenia saw us donder via back lanes to a stowed out and busy Bled.
Didn't bother stopping....too many folk...kept going to the far more attractive Bohinj.
Past the loch,up to the end and then followed the signs for the Slap Savica(waterfall)
Parked up and then climbed up to the waterfall...a strenuous uphill hike taking about 30, 35 minutes. Naturally I bounded up this gleefully with a smile on my face and a spring in my step, but the sights both of the waterfall and back down the glen to Bohinj were worth it.
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Didn't bother stopping....too many folk...kept going to the far more attractive Bohinj.
Past the loch,up to the end and then followed the signs for the Slap Savica(waterfall)
Parked up and then climbed up to the waterfall...a strenuous uphill hike taking about 30, 35 minutes. Naturally I bounded up this gleefully with a smile on my face and a spring in my step, but the sights both of the waterfall and back down the glen to Bohinj were worth it.
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After the falls we went off piste for the return to Ljubljana. We found a cracking road over the hills to Skofja Loka. Hairpins, ascents, big open sweepers through alpine meadows...it had it all...I even saw bearshit on the road, although the wife insisted it was horse
I later found that the farmers in the hills surrounding Skofha Loca had been having problems with wolves eating their stock, so it may have been wolfshit I saw. Horse indeed!
I suppose if I had to describe Slovenia in one word it would be 'trees' The whole country is swathed in them.
The wooded hills and moutains could hide squadrons of woves...and bears....
How the Brussels morons can even pretend that a Common Agricultural Policy could cover farming as it is practised in Slovenia, at the same time as the industrial farming in Germany UK etc is beyond me. Idiots.
In the same way the drunken knob in charge can stand on his hind legs and tell the world that 'English is dead in Europe'....he needs to get out of the Brussels bars and visit Europe where he will find everyone and their Granny can speak English, and use English extensively in their every day lives. Stupid halfwit.
Worth noting is the fact that the telephone signal is 4g virtually everywhere, and that many towns/areas have free wifi. Puts us to shame.
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I later found that the farmers in the hills surrounding Skofha Loca had been having problems with wolves eating their stock, so it may have been wolfshit I saw. Horse indeed!
I suppose if I had to describe Slovenia in one word it would be 'trees' The whole country is swathed in them.
The wooded hills and moutains could hide squadrons of woves...and bears....
How the Brussels morons can even pretend that a Common Agricultural Policy could cover farming as it is practised in Slovenia, at the same time as the industrial farming in Germany UK etc is beyond me. Idiots.
In the same way the drunken knob in charge can stand on his hind legs and tell the world that 'English is dead in Europe'....he needs to get out of the Brussels bars and visit Europe where he will find everyone and their Granny can speak English, and use English extensively in their every day lives. Stupid halfwit.
Worth noting is the fact that the telephone signal is 4g virtually everywhere, and that many towns/areas have free wifi. Puts us to shame.
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A trundle up big roads past Maribor, Graz and Linz into the Czech Republic. I know they are big roads, but with over 400 km to do, its the only way. They actually pass through some stunning Slovenian and then Austrian scenery.
Our hotel is in a small town called Cesky Krumlov....a very pretty hotel in a very pretty town. Slightly more efficient agriculture here....the fields go to as big as 20 or 30 acres.
Off for a walk about town and then peruse the menu...after some of that famous czech beer...
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Our hotel is in a small town called Cesky Krumlov....a very pretty hotel in a very pretty town. Slightly more efficient agriculture here....the fields go to as big as 20 or 30 acres.
Off for a walk about town and then peruse the menu...after some of that famous czech beer...
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A quick view of the Ljubljana hotel....really nice folk; they gave us a present each as we checked out as we had been so nice.....
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The hotel in C K is great....
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The town very historic and quaint...
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........and the beer good....
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Vey reasonable restaurant prices....
2 starters, 4 mains, 3 puds, 1 coffee, 4 beers, 4 wines, 2 bottles water....the equivalent of 60 euros 55 quid
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2 starters, 4 mains, 3 puds, 1 coffee, 4 beers, 4 wines, 2 bottles water....the equivalent of 60 euros 55 quid
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........and the beer good....
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None better in the lager stakes. The original Pilsner. None of that ersatz German stuff!
I had to have a couple just to be sure...
We left the hotel and went the pretty way through the country past the snappily named Lake Vodni Nadz Lipno I, this was a holiday type area, rightly so...very attractive.
Cracking back roads and not much traffic, all the way to the German border. Interesting buildings....soviet style apartment blocks even in the villages, interspersed with lovely looking villas and chalets. The locals must have thought it was all their birthdays come at once when they could just travel about at will
A brief shower heralded our arrival back into Germany, and then a motorway bash up to Nuremberg and our next hotel just in the 'burbs. The Hotel niu Saddle....muchmore modern than we had been used to, but next to the station for our next adventure....a train into the city...m
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We left the hotel and went the pretty way through the country past the snappily named Lake Vodni Nadz Lipno I, this was a holiday type area, rightly so...very attractive.
Cracking back roads and not much traffic, all the way to the German border. Interesting buildings....soviet style apartment blocks even in the villages, interspersed with lovely looking villas and chalets. The locals must have thought it was all their birthdays come at once when they could just travel about at will
A brief shower heralded our arrival back into Germany, and then a motorway bash up to Nuremberg and our next hotel just in the 'burbs. The Hotel niu Saddle....muchmore modern than we had been used to, but next to the station for our next adventure....a train into the city...m
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A tube rather than a train, we de-tubed at Laurencekirk, or Lorenz-kirche as the locals prefer to call it.
An interesting mix of very old and new, the town having been extensively remodelled by Arthur Harris and his cronies from Bomber Command.
Unfortunately the rain was now persisting.
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An interesting mix of very old and new, the town having been extensively remodelled by Arthur Harris and his cronies from Bomber Command.
Unfortunately the rain was now persisting.
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My uncle Jim did a fair bit of that alteration work!
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