Udine, Italy > Bovec, Slovenia 60km

At the Hostel Soca Rocks, in Bovec, Slovenia.

Bovec, Slovenia.

Slovenia - our sixth country.  Also a country that you could probably say is "off the beaten path".  As Katy and I climbed up into the Julian Alps and Slovenia the thought came to us (at about the same time) "you know what, I don't think that I know anybody who has been to Slovenia."    And as we looked at our itinerary and the list of countries we plan on visiting this year, Slovenia might be one we know the least about.  Have you been to Slovenia?  If so, please leave a comment and tell us where you went, what you did and if you have any advice on this somewhat impossible language, that would be great too.

Departing a country is always a sad thing.  It's a time to reminisce on all the good times we've had, people we've met, food we've eaten. And the last day of a country always has the same general itinerary: eat at much as you can of whatever is that country's "specialty".  So pizza and gelato - you will be missed.

Pizza.

Gelato, Gelato - oh how we will miss you.

[Originally posted Aug 14, 2014]

And now Slovenia.

The Julian Alps.  Very creepy feeling.  Maybe it was the cloud cover, or the misty rain we had most of the day, but this place feels like another world.  The mountains don't resemble any other mountain range I've ever seen.  Definitely unique.

Climbing into the Julian Alps.

The language.  I'm not even going to try and learn this.  They apparently don't have a rule about how many consecutive consonants a word is allowed to have.  It also seems they enjoy the letter "j" as much as the italians like adding "ggio" to the end of as many words as possible.

So Katy, what do you want for dinner?

The food.  Cheaper than "western Europe", which is nice.  And a delicious Börek for dinner.  Phyllo dough with cheese and spinach.  Extra chewy and delicious.

Corn is turning into mountains. This is a good thing. Just as an FYI - the other language here in Northern Italy is Friulian.

Tarcento, Italy.

Slovenija - Country #6.  Gotta love that "j".