The Julian Alps













Today was another optional excursion which everyone chose to take. Our driver, Goran and our guide, Robert picked us up at the hotel in a smaller bus.  

We travelled to Triglav National Park , the only National Park in Slovenia.  Robert played Slovenian music by the Arsenik brothers to set the mood!

Triglav means 3 and this mountain has 3 peaks and is  2864 m high.

We drove over the highest pass, Vedic pass, which is 1610 meters high and has 50 hairpin curves! Eek!  This highway was built during WW1 to provide access over the mountains. 

We stopped at a Chapel dedicated to the Russian prisoners killed in avalanches in 1914.  

The war in 1991 that gave Slovenia their independence from Yugoslavia only lasted 10 days and it ended on June 25, 1991. 

We stopped at an open air museum which still has original WW1 Tunnels that we were able to walk through. 

We stopped in the village of Bovec for lunch. This town is the Center for adrenaline junkies as they offer ziplining, paragliding, rafting, cycling and skiing in the winter. 

We left at 2:30 to head back to Bled. We took a different route so that we didn’t have to return over the mountain pass. This required us to drive through a little corner of Italy, through the town of Tarvisio.

Once we crossed back into Slovenia, we stopped at Planica where there was a series of ski jumps.They actually had an indoor ski training Center with artificial snow so they can train year round. Slovenians have great success in the Winter Olympics. 

On our way back to Bled, Tamara treated us to the remainder of the brandy that we tasted a few days ago. As we drank our brandy we sang “Country Roads”, my signature travel song. 

We arrived back to our hotel at 4:45 and it was time for everyone to get checked in for our flights tomorrow. 

At 6:00 we regrouped for a farewell drink and a chance to say our thanks to Tamara. She really is a top notch Tour Director that we now call friend. 

Once again we split up into small groups to have dinner. I think everyone got back early to get packed and ready for a long journey home. 

This has been an amazing tour from start to finish. We were blessed with wonderful weather for the entire two weeks. We had a great travel group and we have made many amazing memories!!  Thank you for following our adventures!  












































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