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These were some of the photos from my latest trip to Slovenia. Ostrovica – Hochosterwitz Gospa Sveta – Maria Saal Blejski vintgar Kope in Huda luknja

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Ever since I moved to Wales 2 years ago I had a quiet wish to climb the highest peak in this country – Snowdon. Last weekend was showing to be a perfect opportunity to fulfil that wish. I was working only till 12 pm and the forecast was for sunshine and high temperatures stretching way [...]

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This walk seemed the muddiest of them all, in fact I am wandering how exactly to wash my walking shoes and the washing machine is getting to be the favourite. This is the walk no. 32 and can easily be combined with no. 33 (Treffgarne Gorge) as they both start from the same point. That [...]

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I was very surprised to hear that the British Queen Elisabeth II. is to visit Slovenia soon. The official press release can be seen HERE. The original press release on 26-Jun-2008 read: Buckingham Palace press releases ANNOUNCEMENT OF STATE VISITS TO SLOVENIA AND SLOVAKIA 26 June 2008 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS [...]

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This post is just an extension of the comment I gave on on the blog of Michele Neubert, an NBC news producer who has just completed a visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia on the occasion of George W. Bush’s visit to the EU-US summit. I am also from Ljubljana, but living in Wales, UK at the [...]

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After being back in Slovenia for only three days I have to go back. Not that there is some urgent business I have to attend to but that is just all the time I had available during the Christmas/NewYear holidays. Tomorrow I have to be back at work where I already have appointments waiting. And [...]

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Back in Slovenia for a few days and just to let you know about the temperature difference: Haverfordwest yesterday: 10°C Ljubljana this morning: -7°C Enough said. I literally do Feel Slovenia. Mind you, it was also pretty cool to just drive over the Italian-Slovenian border without having to stop and show your passport/ID.

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Image via Wikipedia Although this time I flew instead of drove to Lubljana it still seemed like it took ages, well in fact from the minute I set of from Johnston it was 8.45 AM and it was 8,45 PM hwn I arrived in Ljubljana, well Gradišče, to be more precise. So it took 12 [...]

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In Autumn 2005 my skydiving buddies started to organize a skydiving expedition to Florida that would take place in February and March of the next year. As I was a bit unexperienced and without my own equipment I could trust I had to say no. The next year the organized it again and I, again, [...]

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My best friend, who is a great sports enthusiasts and a professional thrips stalker (joke might say much more knowledgeable things on the matter but I decided to have my dab in it myself. I have not been following the Slovene or any other hockey scene in recent years and I was surprised to find [...]

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Image via Wikipedia Flash movie is shown on www.smokingbanwales.co.uk I see that Slovenia is quite behind the smoking ban that is in the process of being inforced across the EU. I arrived in Wales on the 7th of April and that was the weekend, when the ban started here. There was no big deal, however [...]

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The most popular Slovenian rock band appeared to be intending to miss the Slovene capital Ljubljana from its concert venues. They actually started their tour in Ljubljana, but only for a selected crowd of fans chosen from their online forum. This was rectified on December 27th 2006 with a concert on the Prešeren‘s square at [...]

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