May 31st – Today was an uphill and downhill day
with winds coming at us no matter which way we turned! We began by biking to Stanjel
where there is another castle on a hill.
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| Stanjel with the requisite castle on the hill! |
Biking along we pass a lot of World War I and especially
WWII Memorials. This one had a single pine tree topped by the Slovenian and
European Union flags. We're still waiting for someone to explain the symbolism and history of these trees to us!
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| Darrell at WWII Memorial with Tree |
We found ourselves in the red soil country that creates a
special wine called Teran that our hostess last night had told us about. You
can see the soil really is red!
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| Red soil of karst region with grapes for Teran wine |
Near the end of our day, we came to the Lipica Horse Stud
Farm. This is where the world famous
Lipizzaner horses have been bred since 1580. We didn’t take
the tour of the farm but biked along the white split rail fences and saw some
of the renowned white horses in the pasture.
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| Lipinzzaner Horses at Lipica Farms |
As we approached Divača we saw a large sinkhole but
didn’t take the time to walk around it. The pattern we’ve been having lately is
nice mornings and then the clouds build up in the afternoon and it rains. We
have been lucky in making it to our rooms before the sky lets loose!
June 1st – Today was our fastest day of biking
yet because we were leaving the hill country and heading to the coast. We had
some beautiful long hills to cruise down. We crossed the border into Italy and
were only a few km away from Trieste, before we turned south and reentered
Slovenia!
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| Entering Slovenia after a short trip through Italy |
I haven't been biking in a skirt (photo above) but this is a skort - so I flip the skirt part inside the shorts while I'm biking and then I can pull it out when we go to a restaurant, hotel or museum!
We had a picnic lunch beside the Adriatic and then got to our
quaint hotel at Vila Andor. Only one day left in our trip!
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| Darrell with our bike bags at the charming Vila Andor |
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