Into the East – Slovenia, Day 8
After a late start on a hot, humid Sunday, we made our way east to the border with Slovenia. I found what looked like a relatively unused entry point on the map and happily that’s exactly what it was....
View ArticleDonks – Day 9
Today was a long ride – nearly 100 km – but the extreme beauty of Slovenia (and its donkeys…more to come on that) made the hours in the saddle pass by quite painlessly. Well, not painlessly, I suppose....
View ArticleLjubljana, Slovenia
For our only real day off the bikes this trip we chose Ljubljana, the main city in Slovenia, and winner of the prize for European capital with the most consecutive consonants! This language is really...
View ArticleLasko – Day 11
Heading out of Ljubljana we found a beautiful little road that followed the Ljubljanica river towards the east. Much of this day was spent along the river, or deviating away from it to hit the villages...
View ArticlePtuj and the Rest of Slovenia
Today was unintentionally hilly. You see, the incredibly big map of Slovenia I bought before leaving France, being very detailed when it came to including every donkey track in the country, failed...
View ArticleHungary – Days 14 and 15
Before I get to Hungary, I’d like to say for the record that Slovenia is a really nice place to cycle. The roads (except maybe in the east) are excellent, the people were very friendly and sometimes...
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