We stopped in Ljubljana, a mere two hours from Venice, on a whim on our way home from the Advent in Zagreb Christmas Market. The snow had lightly began to fall, it was misty and foggy, and it was freezing outside. We considered just driving right on by, and oh, how glad I am that […]
Eating Our Way Around Ljubljana on a Ljubljananjam Food Tour
There’s are always two things I’m rather adamant about when traveling. First, when Tim and I are on the hunt for a restaurant, I’m always saying we need to go over at least one street from the main tourist drags. Second, food tours are an excellent way of discovering a city and I mean both […]
15 Places to Travel in 2015
Each year we look forward to planning our own travels and since we’ve got a community of readers that love to live a life of adventure, just like us, we know you do too! Our 14 places to go in 2014 was such a hit with you all last year, that we’ve once again done […]
Road Tripping Slovenia’s Emerald River
We’ve spent quite a bit of time in Slovenia over the last four years that we’ve been living in Italy. A mere month after we moved to Italy, we were off on a road trip to Pula, Croatia, and stopped for the first time to let our feet hit the ground in the mysterious former […]
Emma’s Favorite Dog Friendly Beaches
When I lived in Phoenix, AZ, I didn’t have to worry about dog friendly beaches. I had my very own swimming pool right in my backyard. From the day my mom and dad declared the new pool officially open, I loved to swim. Ask me if I wanted to go for a W-A-L-K or a […]
Slovenia’s Lesser Known Caves: Škocjan Caves
There are over 7,000 caves in Slovenia and like me, you’ve probably heard of Postojna, but not the lesser-known Škocjan caves. I was surprised I hadn’t heard of Škocjan. Not only are the caves just across the Italian border, they are some of the most important natural treasures on our planet. In fact, the caves […]
Igloo Village Kranjska Gora
It takes a cable car ride up the mountain and a nighttime snowshoe hike to get to the Igloo Village in Slovenia, but once there, the adventure truly begins! We were welcomed to the Igloo Village with Eskimcek, or Eskimo shot, at the bar. This is not your average bar – unless you’re used to […]
Portorož and Strunjan, Slovenia
It is the saltpans and their natural elements—salt, brine, and fango mud—that spurred the development of tourism in Portorož, a coastal village in Slovenia. When healing properties of these natural elements were discovered as early as the 19th century, Portorož got its first hotels and thermal centers. Today, Portorož is a modern tourist resort with […]
Piran: Slovenia’s Best Kept Secret
Piran is situated at the tip of the Piran peninsula on the Gulf of Piran. It borders Croatia to the south, and the municipalities of Izola and Koper to the east and faces Italy across the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic Sea. With Piran closed off to traffic except for the residents, the best […]
Postojna Cave, Slovenia
Postojna Cave is located in western Slovenia and is a 20km (12 mile) labyrinth of passages filled with stalactites, stalagmites, and rock formations. Postojna Cave is part of the Karst cave system, meaning a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, […]
