Visit to INTERNAUTICA International Boat Show 2023 I might have mentioned before that Her Ladyship is a total landlubber and that the mere thought of boats makes her seasick. So you could have knocked me over with one of my own feathers when I heard her agreeing to join His Lordship on a visit to INTERNAUTICA in Portorož. She must be going a bit soft in her old age. Whatever promoted her, I didn’t care. I was going to a…
Piran Salt Flats Even for a bird brain like me, it didn’t take long to figure out why Portorož is such a popular tourist resort. It has plenty of long and flat stretches of coastline, a rarity in Slovenia. No wonder the seafront is full of bars, restaurants – and beaches of course. It was by far one of the busiest spots we’d visited. Happily, we were still able to stroll along without having to fight our way through the…
Cycling from Koper to Izola It’s not so easy to find a campsite on the Slovenian coast. You only need a bird’s eye view of it to see why. Little Slovenia only has a little bit of coast. A mere 46km, including all the bendy bits and not even all of that is accessible. I’ll spare you the gory details of the Oldies’ efforts in manoeuvering along this roller coaster of a coastline in search of a campsite. Happily, they…
Bohinj Railway His Lordship, a railway enthusiast, was determined to take the train that, rather unnervingly, roars through the forest high up above our campsite several times a day – and night, damn it! I’m not a fan of those night trains when I am trying to catch up on my beauty sleep, but I had no problem keeping my eyes wide open on the wonderful trip from Jesenice to Kanal. What a ride! It was hard to know where…
Bohinj Lake and Vintgar Gorge Walks As I’ve said before, everything’s small in Slovenia. Even its highest mountain doesn’t quite manage to hit the 3000m mark. But the Triglav (“Three Heads”), 136m short of the 3000m, has quite a presence. It’s a three headed monster that dominates the whole area. When its heads aren’t in the clouds, of course. We got this fantastic view of the Triglav from Lake Bohinj, Slovenia’s largest lake. With a circumference of 12.5 km, it…