Slovenia, Easter 2011
It turned out to be a holiday of decreasingly sketchy suspension bridges |
The river is a glorious emerald color – stunningly beautiful in the sunlight |
Tunnels excavated in the mountainside by Italian troops |
This is the Kozjiak waterfall at the end of the hike |
Wild orchids? |
Rebuilt fortifications from the Italian troops, still on the mountainside |
The battle was a stalemate for 29 months, during which the soldiers lived on the mountains |
Coming down the Soca, the kayakers looked like small colored candies |
These glorious tiny flowers were growing under large, prickly thistle-like leaves |
I'm not sure this canoer appreciated the attention he was getting from the top of the canyon |
He was soon joined by another, and both floundered in the rapids for a while |
At the end of the walk, coming back into the town of Kobarid |
To our great surprise, Vrsic pass (the highest pass in the Julian Alps) was open – last year, it didn't open until June |
We decided to give the Audi a work out, and drove the pass |
We went from sea level to 1611 m at the top of the pass – it was bloody cold |
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