Slovenia

We were missing greenery, so Slovenia was heavenly!  Funny how living in the desert changes your vacation preferences.  My criteria now includes somewhere with nature where I can show my knees and shoulders.

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We spent one night at Lake Bled and two nights near Kobarid (see orange stars below) and took a gillion photos.  Prepare yourself to be bombarded with pictures.  They are all too lovely not to share.  

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Our Slovenia adventure started at Lake Bled:

Then we crossed through the Julian Alps and enjoyed some hiking:

We were just blown away by the clarity of the water.

 Then all of Jonathon's dreams came true and we pretended to be mountain goats to visit the source of a river.

While in the Kobarid area, we stayed at a wonderful sheep ranch that had a beautiful garden with delicious produce.

Since we must conquer all tall things, we climbed this mountain.  It was difficult and glorious.

 These mountains were influential during WWI and we discovered many reminders during our hike.  You are still able to walk through the trenches.

 
We got so high that we climbed into a cloud.

And if Slovenia isn't neat enough, it has huge caves!

After Slovenia our crusade continued to a Croatian castle, but I can't write about it now because looking at these pictures made me depressed that we left all that beauty.