We spent some time in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana (a gold star for anyone who can pronounce it correctly). We were fairly tired by the time we arrived so didn’t hit it with the same intensity as we have other cities, preferring instead to have a long morning tea, shortly followed by a long lunch. Nevertheless, Ljubljana was buzzing with a young student population and very few tourists.
We finished up our time in Slovenia by visiting the Škocjan Caves – described as ‘ranking among the most important caves in the world’. It was amazing walking through massive chambers of stalagmites and stalactites and then over a bridge spanning a 100 meter deep underground canyon and raging underground river. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take pictures, so click here for some examples.
As a side point, for anyone out there who is a Lord of the Rings fan, the caves were very much like what we imagine the Mines of Moria to be like. You could picture Gandalf and the Belrog falling into the abyss from the tiny bridge that we had to cross. Very cool…in a nerdy kind of way :)
As a very brief closing comment on Slovenia, we absolutely loved it. We didn’t know much about it before going, and really only decided to go because it was on our route, but it was thoroughly worthwhile. It is an amazingly green and beautiful country.
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