Ride from Pula & hiking day!

After saying good bye to the BIPSE delegation at 9am they headed to Venice for the day and night and we, Bill, David and myself headed to Maribor. What was supposed to be a 3.5 - 4 hour drive took 7 hours due to a small red light construction area, congestion at the border (but there is no border or stopping at the border anymore) and rain as well as an accident. We took the back roads which was a lovely but very long drive. We stopped at a mall for coffee and snacks and to walk Daisy and use the facilities. Back in the car we finally breezed past Ljubljana and into Maribor!!
We unpacked, fed Daisy and walked to go eat. Dinner was great. Dave had Salmon and polenta, Bill ate chicken with rice and mushroom gravy and Cj had a nice grilled chicken salad. We topped it off with a lava cake we shared, which was more chocolate sauce than cake! BUT still delicious. Daisy is doing great sitting under the table quietly and no one really remembers she is there. David has actually forgotten she is there and sometimes jumps up realizing something is under there tickling his leg!!!

HIKING day. We got up and had coffee on this cool morning in Maribor. Dave, Bill and I made our way to the Pohojre Mtn to climb the lower level. It is about 3.5 miles from the Solomon's house to the lower level. Daisy was a trooper again and up we went. Took some pics and had another coffee and some nuts and back down the mtn. We mowed the lawn, vacuumed the house, did laundry and then we got a call from our German friends driving up from Pula to Munich. They decided to stop and have lunch with us. IT was a nice visit and off they went by 330 pm. Naps, reading and British Open for David!
Dinner was a small (leftovers) Charcuterie and snacks. We watched a little NCIS and off to bed!Read more