For Chris's birthday we have been in the Soca valley, a beautiful river
valley in the Triglav National Park in Slovenia. The river is a milky
turquoise colour at this time of year, with white sand banks (almost
beaches), its absolutely stunning and the colours reminded me of the
Maldives. The picture is honestly the colour it was and not a clever bit of
photoshop!
We have definitely got into Autumn now, with the weather in the mountains
beginning to be quite wet and variable. We had two great dry days in the
Soca and one very wet, walking and cycling along the valleys and into the
hills. The rain was actually a good thing as it made the waterfalls
stunning. As it wasn't that cold the sun awning came in very useful, and
meant we could sit outside even in the rain.
Today we have moved on in to Italy and I am quite glad to have a break
from mountain driving. We met a caravan on the pass today and it was VERY
tight, luckily we have discovered the wing mirrors fold in and with the
help of Chris on one side and a passing cyclist watching the other side we
squeezed through between caravan and overhanging rock! We also got stopped
and searched by the police at the border crossing today. I think they were
just bored and asked to see in the boot, under the bunks and under the
mattress (not sure what they thought we would have under there!) but
neglected to look in the bathroom! After 10 minutes we were on our way and
have spent the afternoon exploring Cividale del Friuli, a pretty medieval
town on a river. More on Italy next time........
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