Leaving Slovenia
Slovenia is a gateway into the East or West of Europe and, depending on your direction of travel, seems to mix the best of both. Organised, well managed and welcoming […]
Category Archives: Slovenia
Ljubljana and Maribor
Catching a cheap and eco-friendly bus to Ljubljana, European Green Capital City in 2016, we arrived at the Dragon Bridge over the emerald green waters of the Ljubljanica River. Settled […]
Cycling in Slovenia
Slovenia was basking in early summer heat. Its long-rolling hills shimmered with green wheat fields and jewel-like wildflowers, ringed in the west by the majestic snow-capped Julian Alps, and flowed […]
A brief return to Slovenia
Our route into Italy took us across a corner of Slovenia, so we made a day of it by choosing to stay in the rural town of Ilirska Bistrica. We’re […]
Italy for a day, Ljubljana to Trieste
Our decent down the final slopes of the Alps was through the alternating green fields and forests of Western Slovenia. With the craggy Julian Alps in Bertha’s rear-view mirror, our […]
Lovely Ljubljana
Ljubljana Trip miles 1,489 Bright blue skies heralded our return to Slovenia’s capital. We found the camp easily after a short drive from Bled but were disappointed by its unkempt […]
Slovenia, Lake Bled
It was a momentous trip day when after months of planning we entered the, amusingly named, Karawanken Tunnel. For nearly 8kms this took us through the peak of the Karawanken […]
