2023 Little Family Adventure - Hrusevje Slovenia
Hrusevje Slovenia
We are staying at a working organic farm. The place is called EkoTurizem. The place we are staying is amazing. I am super-impressed with the craftsmanship of the place. It has a very nice work trim. We have two decks, one looking towards the mountains and another overlooking the play area. We ate dinner in the main hotel area and the food was great!
So far, what I have seen of Slovenia is impressive. It is interesting that Slovenia has only been a country since 1991. It is quite a young country. There are about 2 million people in Slovenia, pretty small.
The little farm and hotel are kind of interesting .
Inside our place
This was kind of interesting. It was a bee house with bee hives on the side.
Skocjan Caves - Slovenia
The area nearby has two caves. We went through the Skocjan caves. The caves were pretty cool. Lots of stalactites and stalagmites, similar to Mammoth and Carlsbad Caves. One of it's claims to fame is one of the largest canyons in the world inside.
Hanging out before the tour
Screen shot from the internet. No photography was allowed in the cave.
At the end of the tour
Ryan and Monica decided to take the long way back.
Grandma and Grandpa and the kids decided to take the elevator, which was more of a funicular
The slackers taking the elevator.
Besides the normal thing in this series of caves is that it has a huge canyon inside. I think it has one of the largest cave canyons in the world.
The bridge is 47 meters high above the river below. In 1965 it flooded up to a level of 97 meters.
Photo taken from internet.
A couple tired boys
We ended the day with Ryan and Monica cooking up some steak, mashed potatoes, and roasted vegetables. What a great meal.
We ended up with some cheesecake. Life is pretty good.
Lake Bled - Slovenia
We went to Lake Bled for the day before heading back to Zagreb. The lake was very beautiful. The kids went in for a swim. The lake has an island in the middle and a cute church on the island. Apparently this island is the only natural island in the whole country.
The town is very cute. It has lots of trees and cute homes.
Kids playing cards in the sand (well pebbles)
Off to Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb Croatia
We pile all our luggage and check into a hotel in Zagreb. Croatia.
Unfortunately they have some construction problems and we need to take a bus tomorrow to Venice.
Ryan and Monica return the van.
The kids got their reward for McDonald's
McDonald's looked like the teenage hangout for Zagreb. Tons of teenagers. 16 kiosks for ordering and all filled.
Our kids were also in heaven .
Adults got their night out
There was a fun little place that had great and very interesting food. Karen and Monica had a bao-bun sandwich which was interesting as well as yummy. Ryan had a chicken katsu sandwich and Bud the pork tacos. All were good and quite 'showy' .
The square is the adult hangout
They had a large town square. It looked like the adult hangout. Lot's of people hanging around.
And of course -- Gelato on the way home.
On the way to Venice
Since there was construction, we had to take the bus to Venice. The breakfast at the hotel was much better than expected. It took me back to the old Cruise food days. There was about everything that you could want. We haven't had a breakfast that good for some time, so it tasted good.
The bus trip turned out pretty good. It was fun to see a lot of Slovenia. We made a stop in Ljabjjana, the country's capital. It is the smallest capital city of most any in Europe. It has about 240 K people and of that 50 K are students. It has their major university there. The town was nice and clean. The area traveling through Slovenia was beautiful. Maybe not quite as dramatic as Switzerland, but lots of mountains and green trees.
Arrival in Venice
