Slovenia 2025

Sunday, June 1, 2025 Neither one of us slept that great, and I was kind of surprised I was sleeping when Nathan’s alarm went off at 5.  We quickly got up and ready, finished packing, had a cup of instant coffee, and by 6:30, we were out the door. The bus station is only aboutContinue…

Saturday, May 31, 2025 Our last full day in Slovenia.  We got ready for the day after sleeping in until 7 (!), and headed out the door to the same French breakfast place.  As we stepped out the door of the hotel, we bumped into the fellow that checked us in on Thursday.  We askedContinue…

Saturday, May 30, 2025 Our Barbo Palace room is surprisingly conducive to sleeping and we both woke up well rested. Sadly, they don’t serve breakfast, so we followed their recommendation and went to a little French themed restaurant. Nathan had the English breakfast, and since we’re nearing reentry to our normal lives, I had yogurtContinue…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Monday, May 19, 2025 Stage 7 of the Juliana Trail ~26,000 steps Today was supposed to be the easy day, just hiking from Stara Fuzina to Bohinjska Bistrica. Our Juliana Trail guidebook talked about adding on the Savica Waterfall to make it a complete day. On paper, the mileage with the waterfall and Stage 7Continue…

Sunday, May 18, 2025 Stage 6 of the Juliana Trail Goreljek on Pokljuka to Stara Fuzina ~ 36,000 Steps Today we said goodbye to Susana and Hotel Jelka. She asked us about our final destination for today (Stara Fuzina) and which hotel we were headed to (Hotel Majer’ca). We’ve left our bags with her toContinue…

Saturday, May 17, 2025 Stage 5 of the Juliana Trail Bled to Goreljek on Pokljuka ~ 36,000 Steps At this point, after a full 8 hour day of hiking, a sit down shower, two glasses of wine and a cheese plate, I’m so tired I’m not sure what to say. We both slept much betterContinue…

Friday, May 16, 2025 We got to the Bled train station last night, and there weren’t any taxis waiting. We were also the only passengers who got off the train at 7:50 pm, so maybe that’s why. It was sprinkling on us, and we were tired, dirty and ready to be off our feet. WeContinue…

Thursday, May 15, 2025 Denver – Munich – Bled “…You know it’s something.” That’s what the male flight attendant said to us as we were taking off out of Denver on Wednesday night. We were on the Lufthansa A380 flying direct from Denver to Munich. Our first time on a double decker airplane and youContinue…

I honestly have no idea. I hope so. We’ve done this so many times by now we’re either old pros who can’t mess up a thing (and can roll with the punches!) or lackadaisical and making stupid mistakes. Either way, we’ve got precisely 10 days and 0 hours to figure it out and get itContinue…