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Thursday, May 29, 2025 Today was another travel day, and the beginning of the end of our trip. We woke up at 6, showered, packed, and went down to the breakfast buffet. Nathan was sad that he missed the champagne yesterday, so I pointed it out to him today. We had planned to take theContinue reading “It’s A Done Deal!”

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Today, we had no plans. We’re supposed to be resting after our hike. Nathan got up a little after 6 am, and was in the shower when I got up at 6:30. We both got ready, and went down to the breakfast spread shortly after 7. It was a pretty typicalContinue reading “One Last Foot Soak”

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Today is a travel day. It’s also hopefully a beard trim day. We got up at 6 am, packed up our little apartment, and went out for breakfast. We decided not to go back to Hotel Alp for the 15 Euro breakfast buffett, so we walked the main tourist street inContinue reading “From Cuckoos to Seagulls”

Monday, May 26, 2005 Day hike to the Great Soca Gorge ~ 40,000 steps Today we bit off more that we could chew. Our bodies are tired. Our feet are so tired. Mentally, we’re done hiking, at least for a little bit. But there’s a great day hike from here to see the Little andContinue reading “Nothing a Glass of Wine Can’t Fix”

Sunday, May 25, 2025 Stage 13 of the Juliana Trail Kobarid to Bovec ~ 39,000 Steps I woke up to the sound of more cuckoos from bed. Nearly every day we hiked and could hear cuckoos. Most days we could also hear the doot-doot-doot bird, which we discovered is the common chiffchaff. Truly magical. IContinue reading “Where Did You Get This Idea?!”

Saturday, May 24, 2025 Stage 12 of the Juliana Trail Tolmin to Kobarid ~ 32,000 Steps I woke up feeling quite refreshed at 6 am after the best night of sleep here at Pri Kafolu that I’ve had in weeks. Possibly months. My Fitbit said I got a 92, and that is the highest scoreContinue reading “I Can Hear Cuckoos From My Bed!”

Friday, May 23, 2025 Stage 11 of the Juliana Trail Most na Soci to Tolmin, plus Tolmin Gorge ~ 32,000 Steps Everything was so wet yesterday, we went to bed with the thermostat set to 31 C and the balcony door cracked open. Our room looks out over the Soca River, which yesterday was aContinue reading “Gorge-ous!”

Thursday, May 22, 2025 Stage 10 of the Juliana Trail Grahovo ob Baci to Most na Soci ~30,000 Steps There is no other way to say it. Today was our wettest day hiking, ever. We got up around 6 am, and got ready for the day. Breakfast at Hisa Brdo was served at 7:30, andContinue reading “Drenched!”

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Stage 9 of the Juliana Trail Podbrdo to Grahovo ob Baci ~ 35,000 steps Today was a very big day.  In terms of mileage, the day does not seem so big, but when you factor in the elevation gain and loss, it was very big indeed. It’s also our 21st weddingContinue reading “This is about to get real…slippery”

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Stage 8 of the Juliana Trail Bohinjska Bistrica to Podbrdo ~ 26,000 Steps Today I begin with an apology. I had a PEBKAC error with the website, and I accidentally, on purpose turned off the gizmo that sends subscribers their email. If you are receiving this after several days of silence,Continue reading “You Are From America!”