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Green Heart of Slovenia

Green Heart of Slovenia

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…

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Stepping it up along the Douro

Stepping it up along the Douro

The Douro Valley in Autumn The Oldies couldn’t leave Porto before going to see the mouth of the Douro estuary. I had no objections to that! After the languid movement of the river the previous few days, it was wonderful to see waves crashing against the harbour walls at Foz do Douro harbour and along the coast at Matosinhos. Then off we set to drive along the River Douro. Only we couldn’t. Or at least only in parts. The Oldies…

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