Years ago, when I first heard that my nephew was coming to Slovenia for his post-doc, I was so confused. I only knew it was a formerly Communist country. When I was in geography class in school, we saw filmstrips of beautiful Western Europe, but Eastern Europe was a mystery - I assumed full of factories and ugly apartment buildings. That is definitely NOT the case for Slovenia. Slovenia is BEAUTIFUL, though I kept hoping to see more of the snow-capped mountains peeking through the cloud cover. Interestingly, the owner of the AirBnB we are staying at is a retired diplomat. He invited us in for a drink and said “I must say this. I have been a Communist, and it was terrible. I am very concerned that America is leaning towards socialism. Please, America, do NOT do this!”
We stayed in a little town called Brezje. Got a little lost trying to find our place which was a bunkhouse in a converted barn. You had to go outside to the bathroom and shower area, and there was no heat. But we all slept well there!
Our first hike in Slovenia was to the Mostnica Gorge/Voje Waterfall in Triglavski National Park. It was 7.4 miles and has made it to my list of top ten hikes because of its combination of scenery AND great food!
Picnic stop in Slovenia
Our AirBnB spot in Brezje
Voje Slap (slap means "waterfall" in Slovenian)
Eating our strudel. Dessert before lunch.
Lunch spot. The snow-capped mountains were starting to peek out.
I thought my soup said "Vote" at first but of course it's the name of the waterfall on the hike. This was wild mushroom soup made with local ingredients. It was one of the best things I tasted on the trip!
Years ago, when I first heard that my nephew was coming to Slovenia for his post-doc, I was so confused. I only knew it was a formerly Communist country. When I was in geography class in school, we saw filmstrips of beautiful Western Europe, but Eastern Europe was a mystery - I assumed full of factories and ugly apartment buildings. That is definitely NOT the case for Slovenia.
Slovenia is BEAUTIFUL, though I kept hoping to see more of the snow-capped mountains peeking through the cloud cover.
Interestingly, the owner of the AirBnB we are staying at is a retired diplomat. He invited us in for a drink and said “I must say this. I have been a Communist, and it was terrible. I am very concerned that America is leaning towards socialism. Please, America, do NOT do this!”
We stayed in a little town called Brezje. Got a little lost trying to find our place which was a bunkhouse in a converted barn. You had to go outside to the bathroom and shower area, and there was no heat. But we all slept well there!
Our first hike in Slovenia was to the Mostnica Gorge/Voje Waterfall in Triglavski National Park. It was 7.4 miles and has made it to my list of top ten hikes because of its combination of scenery AND great food!
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| Picnic stop in Slovenia |
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| Our AirBnB spot in Brezje |
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| Voje Slap (slap means "waterfall" in Slovenian) |
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| Eating our strudel. Dessert before lunch. |
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| Lunch spot. The snow-capped mountains were starting to peek out. |
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| I thought my soup said "Vote" at first but of course it's the name of the waterfall on the hike. This was wild mushroom soup made with local ingredients. It was one of the best things I tasted on the trip! |
