Home again!

I always seem to forget to write this last post when we actually get home, so writing this Sunday morning from my couch :)

We got up and got going and got home pretty quickly which was nice. I wasn’t sure hours long it would take as a section of the freeway in Berlin is closed so traffic could be a mess, but it was easy peasy. I woke up feeling a lot better, but still had a cough. We got home and got the van cleaned out and cleaned and with lots of breaks managed to get everything unpacked and put away too! Which was good so I can just rest all day today and not do anything!

I only have this one photo I took as we were heading off on the way home. Not a very good one, but the light was nice in the clouds. Our trip was really great, I really enjoyed Slovenia and we will definitely have to go back. The people are so nice and happy (except in Bled and on the coast - the two places where we met unhappy not great people) and there is still so much more I want to see and do there! When I first started planning the trip I thought three weeks would be a long time and we might not have enough to do. We might go to a neighboring country also as Slovenia isn’t very big, but in planning I already had to cut a bunch of things and then while we were there had to cut a bunch more so definitely could spend another few weeks there and see new things!

The one thing though is when we go back we will not be going with a camper trip. That humidity was unreal. I have never experienced anything like it. Laos and Thailand were hot and humid, but after a few days it was manageable, but this? This was crazy. I know I said before, but it made me feel like my skin was suffocating if I had any clothes on my arms or legs. I have that happen with a lot of sunscreens so I only use ones I have found don’t do that, but never the humidity! Plus I am always a sweaty mess if it is hot, literally dripping sweat while Raymond is usually fine and just has a few beads of sweat on his forehead, but it was getting to him too! And it wasn’t even that hot there! He was a sweaty mess and also would overheat going slightly uphill like I was! He would need to take a break at the top to cool down like I did! I’ve never seen that with him before so I don’t know why it was so different there, but that humidity was unreal.

And everything was constantly damp except the few days we had with no humidity. Our blankets and sheets always felt damp, our dish drying towel never dried, anything that got wet was wet unless you got it in the sun to dry. It was not great. I always felt clammy and gross, I was not a fan of that. By halfway through the trip I was mentally like I am so done with this! I was loving the things we were seeing and doing, but it was so hard to deal with the constant damp! And it would cool off at night, but would somehow still be hot? It was always I am cold and hot and clammy at the same time so it made it difficult to sleep which doesn’t help. I’m used to the humidity making it feel colder when it is cold, but somehow not there. The night we spent in Germany before getting home I looked at the temp and it was similar to the prior night in Bled with similar humidity, but it was absolutely freezing there in Germany! Not so in Bled. Bled was cold, but not I need all my layers I brought to not freeze cold. The last two nights we were in Slovenia it was cold enough we could put the heat on very low and that helped immensely. So the next time we go we will be staying places to get some relief from the damp, or have to go when it is cold and can turn on the heat!

But all the things we did were so much fun and I loved so much of it! So many great hikes, that cave tour was so cool and unlike anything we have seen before, the cows ball was so fun, it was a great trip. It also was interesting as I don’t think I mentioned it before, but everywhere in the country had all these signs about how green they were and how they were changing things to be more environmentally friendly. I’ve never seen so much about that before! So that was really nice and interesting learning all the things they are doing to try and make things better. And super into nature and protecting it and stuff. Really loved that. Plus all the amazing treats and good food we had while there! One of the best places for vegan treats we have been to! So obviously would need to go back just for that ;) Overall a really great trip! Now I relax and hopefully get rid of the last of this cold or whatever I have :)もっと詳しく