As promised part 2 of my mini Vacation

Now after riding up one side of Vrsic, I had to ride down the other. DAHHHH and it went something like this.

And then I came across the fountain of the river Soca. Look at this...

I could not believe the color of these Slovenian rivers, it all started in Kamnic with the Kamnicka reka and continued with Soca. Riding along I came across this waterfall in the middle of a cliff and just down the road a bunch of rafters doing what they like most.

Amazing isn't it? I continued all through the local rads and amazing scenery to my destination point of the day Kozine a small town with a good outlet store. I must point out that the weather was excellent, mild and fabulous for bike riding. Along the way I came across these.

 Since the weather was getting worse as I was getting closer to Kozina, I did not take any photos. I did a bit of shopping there and the question of the moment was.... Where to go next-where am I going to spend the night. Initially I thought of sleeping in Lipica, a famous stables that raises and trains Lipicaner horses. However, Karmen's cousin told me when we were out on the town in Ljubljana that there is some horse show happening there, therefore it was wiser to go somewhere else. Well OK, after a decent lunch, I looked at the map and SAID HOW ABOUT GOING TO THE SEA? Very difficult question to answer since I LOVE the sea. I chose the city of Portoroz, a known summer vacation place. Again, following the local roads, I ended up driving by...

 Not sure if it is the largest bridge of its kind in Europe, but heck it is impressive. As soon as i rode by it I started to smell the sea-pine trees, the beach... and was eager to get there ASAP.

I was not disappointed once I was there.

After getting a place to sleep for the night, I unpacked, took a shower and went for a walk around the town. Man it was awesome, not too many tourists, the sea calm, nice music following me everywhere, I could not ask for a nicer evening. Since I was quite tiered-do not forget, that morning I was in the mountains and now at the seaside, I fell asleep and slept like a log. Actually, I slept the best in Porotoroz during this whole trip.

It was time to head back to Beograd : ( Hey all nice things in life tend not to last too long. Me being how I am, the way back had to be interesting as well.

Since I wanted to make some time, I decided to take the side roads-B roads only partially and then blast on the highway. I had to pass by that viaduct again.

I decided to make two stops on my way back home to Belgrade. Both places I visited with my parents long time ago and was eager to see them again and refresh my memories. We are talking about two castles: Otocec ob Krki and Mokrice, both on my way and near the Slovenian-Croatian border. It felt great, look at what I mean.

Otocac was followed by Mokrice.

Again, I had to sit down, relax and gather my thoughts before continuing the trip. No better way to do it then with tasting the local delicacy in the proper surrounding.

After "refueling" and soaking in all the impressions, I headed off home to Beograd. The rest of the trip was boring highway riding. I did get caught by a crazy rainstorm in front of Beograd-it was a typical summer shower storm, lots of thunder and lighting-I promiss next time I will have photos of that.

That is it for now... expect more adventures from me


 CIAO