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Slovenia video – the Green Piece of Europe

David Robertson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:09:00 +0000

Hay drying in Trenta

Ths is a lovely video of still images of Slovenia and a great introduction to this wonderful country. The pictures have no captions but its fun guessing the locations.

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Free WiFi Internet locations in Slovenia

David Robertson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:29:29 +0000

More and more of us are using the Internet when on holiday or travelling abroad these days, but one of the biggest problems is finding a reliable WiFi hotspot, preferably a free one! I came across a post today on http://mykafkaesquelife.blogspot.com/ which linked to the Google map below.

Credit for the map belongs to Blaž, a Slovenian blogger. MKL … Read the rest

Affiliate advertising

David Robertson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:07:54 +0000

Sarah and David

To fund the Slovenia-Walking website we use advertising. If you would like to support us and our website please consider reserving your hotel or apartment in Slovenia via Booking.com. Also, it would be greatly appreciated if you would purchase your travel books and maps (or any other items for that matter) at Amazon via our Bookshop … Read the rest

10 Highest Mountains in Slovenia

David Robertson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:34 +0000

All but one of Slovenia’s 10 highest peaks are to be found in the Julian Alps, within the boundary of the Triglav National Park, the sole exception being Grintovec, the highest mountain in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps.

Many of these great summits can be reached by the walker who has a head for heights and enjoys some easy scrambling. Some are … Read the rest

Conservation workshop in Slovenia

David Robertson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:21:17 +0000

Old window, Slovenia

Interested in heritage conservation and learning new skills? Then perhaps you would like to get involved in restoring a 17th century Slovenian cottage to its original beauty.

The American based organisation, Adventures in Preservation (AiP), is holding a conservation workshop in the small village of Brecljevo, which is located near Šmarje pri Jelšah, roughly half way between … Read the rest

Waterfalls in Slovenia – our 10 favourites

David Robertson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:02 +0000

Here is a list of our 10 favourite waterfalls in Slovenia (in no particular order).

Slap Boka waterfall, Slovenia

Slap Savica

1. Slap Savica – 78m fall.

This magnificent waterfall is fed by underground channels that lead from the Triglav Seven Lakes Valley. Slap Savica is the source of the Sava Bohinjka.

Access: A 20 minute walk from the car

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Some reasons why you should visit Slovenia

David Robertson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:50:45 +0000

Logarska Dolina

Here’s a really nice article that seems to sum up a lot of what is so good about Slovenia and the Slovenians. Read it and you will want to go.

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Slovenia-Slovakia

David Robertson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:09 +0000

Slovenia, member of the European Union.

Its Slovenia, not Slovakia!

It seems that these two countries get mixed up more than I thought. Here’s an interesting article on a comparison with Slovakia and why Slovenia should rebrand itself. I’ve never had a problem, but then again, I can read a map!

Update – 16/01/10

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Website makeover

David Robertson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:19:06 +0000

Previous version of Slovenia-Walking

I’ve been brushing up my CSS skills over the last few days and given Slovenia-Walking a bit of a makeover (there was a bit of Photoshop work involved too). One problem I have is that the white navigation links are hard to see if images are turned off. Can anyone suggest a fix for that without … Read the rest

Website on a mobile phone

David Robertson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:01:46 +0000

Beside Lake Bled

I’ve just installed a plugin called ‘Wapple Architect Mobile plugin‘ so that our readers can access Slovenia-Walking more easily on their mobile phones. The site loads really quickly, although that will depend on the signal strength of course, but its around 4-5 times quicker now. Only the main content is shown, so no adverts and … Read the rest