Cows’ Ball Part 2

After the cow parade we took another break in the shade to cool off (it was very hot in the sun! We would get a breeze at times, but not always), then went to spy on what else they had there. Lots of craft stalls with nice things, some food places where we got some sun-dried tomatoes and some raspberry syrup to make raspberry sodas (all homemade) and it was really nice. It wasn’t huge, but I really enjoyed it. Most of the people were by the food and drink stalls so outside of that it wasn’t too bad.

Then it was time to crown the queen of the ball! They picked out the 7 best cows and paraded them in front of the stage and then the judges came and looked them over and awarded one the queen of the ball! We were standing on the side and once they were all out there I thought oh, we should have gotten a spot at the front! We won’t be able to see the winner! But then the queen decided she didn’t want to be where she was and walked over to right by us!! And they give a fancy cow bell to the winner, but she did not want to wear that! I think her name was Sestra (they said it meant sister and I included lots of pics of her!) and she kept turning in circles by us so we could admire her fully! But wouldn’t wear the bell.

Then the cows were taken back to the pens where you could see them and there was more music and dancing, but we had seen all the things so we headed back to camp to relax. We could still hear the music and enjoyed that all evening, but it was a long day! Oh, one unexpectedly nice thing about the festival was that they announced everything in Slovenian and then again in English so we knew what was going on! When we had gotten back from the waterfall hike the mayor was giving his speech and then someone told us what he said in English and that was unexpected and really nice for us! All day we could know what else was happening (without the English we would have missed the crowing of the queen as I didn’t know that was happening!). So much fun at the Cows’ Ball!

I also picked up an info magazine about the area and the National park and on the back was the last photo which made me laugh. The cows come first! I also learned that they are really big on being eco friendly and they did a big push in 2023 to build a vegetable supply chain from the ground up to try to use in the restaurants and schools and everything in the area instead of getting it from elsewhere. They have a whole system in place to try and help local businesses. They cut down on light and noise pollution as nature should be everything and it was really interesting some of the stuff I learned about the area. There is a wildflower festival in May which we will have to come back for as it sounds very interesting! Learn all about the wild flowers here! I’m glad I picked it up and now I have more info and things to do for next time! Czytaj więcej