Pix 20 June

Westralia
Steve Coughlan
Wed 20 Jun 2018 21:00

We hired a car and then drove into Koper to pick up Andre Proven, a Slovenian friend, from the train station. Andre had come down by train from Ljubljana. Andre then acted as our guide for a trip into Slovenia, including a leg into Italy to a winery restaurant, then over the mountains to Ljubjana. Andre and his wife Lea kindly provided an excellent dinner at their apartment that evening before we drove back to Portoroz, arriving at Westralia about midnight.

 

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View back to Slovenian coast

 

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Early middle ages Socerb castle from the Illyrian times, in the Savrini Hills.

 

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Winery restaurant (Tom Kleinsorge, Andre Proven and Matt)

 

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View from mountain pass to the very strategic flatland valley, variously controlled by

the Romans, the Barbarians, the Austria Hungarians, the Ottomans.

 

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Ruins of an old Roman fortification, circa 4th century AD, used to fend off the pesky Barbarians

 

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Views in and around Ljubjana

 

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