It was farewell Italy and hello Slovenia today as we continued east. It was amazing to see the countryside change quit literally as we crossed the border into the promised green, green, green scenery that is Slovenia.
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| The border through the reflection of the Aussie flag we have permanently positioned on the dash |
Our first stop in Slovenia was a little south of the capital Ljubljana – a place called Postonja famous for its deep limestone caves. We began with a train ride from the surface into one of the large caverns to join an English tour.
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| Enterance to the dragons lair.... or just the cave entry |
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| Intrepid explorers on the underground train |
The stalagmites and stalactites were quite breathtaking forming all different shapes and colours depending on the speed of the “drip stone” (mineralised water and what it ran through in the soil before seeping into the cave.
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| Drip stone pillar - where stalegmire meets stalegtite and forms 1 solid rock pillar from ceiling to floor of the giganitc cavern |
Locals apparently discovered the caves in 1818, although it is suspected that it was known of much earlier but people were too afraid of going in because of the legends of the dragons that lived within.
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| Dave's Cave |
There WERE some creatures living inside although none anywhere near the size of a man eating dragon. One of the largest being the Proteus Anguinus, the pigmentless, eyeless salamander. We didn’t see any wild ones as they don’t like the lit parts of the cave where the tourists can go (it hurts their skin), but we did see some in an aquarium tank.So far we were thoroughly impressed with Slovenia – and we had only been there for a few hours!
Next stop Ljubljana – the Capital!
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| The village of Postonja (well just the river anyway) |
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