Hey everybody! We took off this morning from Lake Bled and headed about 30 minutes away to Lake Bohinj. Lake Bohinj is the largest lake in Slovenia. While it is not nearly as famous as Lake Bled and it may lack some of the charm and tourist infrastructure of Lake Bled, the lesser number of tourists and rugged beauty give…
Today we woke up to temperatures in the 90’s with no chance of rain in the forecast, but by noon it was pouring rain and had fallen in to the high 60’s. Weather in the Alps I guess! We decided to go ahead with our plan to hike the Vintgar Gorge, which is just north of Lake Bled. This place…
Today we set out from Kobarid to tackle the Vrsica Pass enroute to Lake Bled. The pass, also known as the Russian Road passes through some of the highest mountains in Slovenia. It is called the Russian Road because it was constructed by 10,000 Russian prisoners of war during WW1. Sadly, hundreds of the prisoners died during the construction of…
Today was a very scenic day, with a lot of driving through various types of landscapes. We started in Piran and set out northward to Kobarid, which is where we were booked tonight at a bed and breakfast. Directly north of Piran is a small town called Izola, that provided us a nice view from above just before we turned…
Hey everybody. Well, today Anna-Maria finally arrived in Ljubliana after the missed flight yesterday. I picked her up at the airport this morning, but unfortunately her checked bag never arrived and the people at the airport have no idea where it is. Since everything for her week here was already booked and paid for, the best we could do was…
Today I tried out the busking rig for the first time in public. My new friend Akim (from Belize) that I met last night in Metalkova called me and insisted on taking me to the city center to help me find a good spot and watch me play. I picked him up and off we went.
Hey y’all, since I last talked you I have made the 8 hour drive between Bamberg and Ljubliana, with a couple of detours to see some points of interest along the way. I drove 3 1/2 hours on Friday and spent the night in an inexpensive guesthouse in Großholzhausen, near Rosenheim, Germany, in the foothills of the Alps. The place…
Yesterday I went to the giant music store near Bamberg called Thomann and purchased a battery powered rechargeable amp, a microphone, mic stand, tablet holder (for lyric), and various other musical odds and ends. Along with Anna Maria’s old guitar from when she took lessons as a teenager, I now have everything I need to set up and play music…
Met up with another old pal today, Christian Schneider or “Sneids” as his buddies call him. He went to school with my wife, and he used to be one of the big party animals in those days – so needless to say we got along very well back then! He’s a little calmer these days, as he’s married to one…
Today was a good day. I finally got to link up with my old buddy Moritz and he took me to the Mahr’s Bräu Brewery in Bamberg, one of my old stomping grounds from the days when I was living in Bamberg after the I got out of the Army from 2005-06.
