No Soca fields
August 11, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The town is Kanal ob Soci as it lies on the Soca river and Slovenian names change their endings according to unfathomable rules.
A bridge too far fetched
August 10, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Had to include this rather uninteresting bridge just outside Gorizia as it claims to be the longest stone arch in the world. It was built by the Italians after the first WW.
Trad folk
August 6, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Here at Grad Kromberg concerts are held periodically. Since Manca and Sebastian, my hosts, had performed there quite often, they knew exactly where we could sit in the adjoining vinyard to hear andRead more
Stohlen moments
August 3, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Stohl mountain (1668m) rises from Breginj and I popped up to see the view one day. The ascent was by a 45 degree slope from the valley to the summit as you can see. No trick photography.
The viewsRead more
Breginj
August 3, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The mother of my host has a small wooden house - technically a food drying shed to avoid building permissions - in the mountains at the head of the Soca valley. We spent a couple of weekends up thereRead more
Wrongly Racked
August 1, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Initially I thought this paperwork had been filed in the wrong part of the supermarket but after much careful anal ysis I determined that this was not some sort of rap mag as the header explainedRead more
Pivka Barracks
July 26, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
were built by the Italian army but rose to fame on the so-called 'Day Before'. On 26 June 1991 the first tanks of the Yugoslav People's Army left from here to suppress the independence of Slovenia,Read more
Found in a Slovenian trunk
July 25, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I know - its a bit of an old saw.
Check out the two man chainsaw and the gate.
The old castle was actually built as a forestry protection station rather than as a fort.
NRA nightmare
July 25, 2019 in Slovenia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
In some countries you do not have the right to bear arms.
Dummy spit
July 25, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
No Mr. HereWeGo, I am not driving down that road.
Between 2 islands
July 22, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The little town of Osor where the bridge linking the 2 parts of Losinj lies, is really quite charming and usually bypassed.
The citizens were holding a music festival week whilst I was there and theRead more
Cape Leva
July 21, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
They even buried the old folk with a good view of the sea
Old and new
July 21, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
The house the gggggrand parents built
July 21, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The GPS offered to take me down Ulica Vladimira Gortana to no 11 where the Leva house was to be found. As you can see, I took one look and decided to walk.
The house was only 50m or so from theRead more
Big lozenge
July 21, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The Leva family were one of the principal families in Veli Losinj and this is the inner harbour which is now flanked by one restaurant after another. Its one of the prettiest harbours I've seen on theRead more
Lozenge for the soul
July 21, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Took the 20 minute ferry from Brestova to Porozina on the island of Losinj in order to visit the ancestral (maternal) homelands.
There are two islands, but the 10m gap between them has long beenRead more
Crowd funding nature
July 18, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
I counted about 20 buses and estimated about 200 cars on the day I visited the Plitvicka National Park. At 40 Euros admission and another 20 or so for parking, I had to do a little work to enjoy theRead more
Knights of Knin
July 17, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Haven't seen a decent castle for at least 20 km so here is one. Settled since the Neolithic times, its first mention as a city was in Strabon's Geography in the 7th C Before the Common Era. And theRead more
Phoenix in Kijevo
July 17, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Spotted the towers and thought maybe it was from the series "Twin Peaks".
But no, this time no Hollywood connection. The Crkva SV Mihovila was first built at the beginning of the 13thC and is now inRead more
Every hill has one
July 17, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Walked around Sinj.
Feeling the squeeze
July 17, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Some roads are a little narrow.
Best pub so far!
Arboretum Trsteno
July 16, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Trsteno is a charming little harbour good for an afternoon swim; but the house is empty and falling down. Probably the owners can't afford fixing it and want too much money to sell it.
In 1494 one ofRead more
Dub
July 16, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
How did I avoid the masses?
Game of marketing
July 16, 2019 in Croatia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Separated from the main part of Croatia by a tiny Bosnian finger pointing to the Adriatic, the area around Dubrovnik seems just like Montenegro to me. I felt obliged to brave the hordes of sightseersRead more
Risan from the sea
July 13, 2019 in Montenegro ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The Romans had their capital here but everything has gone except a few mosaics in the museum: there are no visuals of ruins.
I took the photo from the huge concrete hotel which has been abandoned forRead more



































































































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Tony HammondI suppose SOCAcretes never went there?