Sorry for the delay in the posting - there is a lot going on here between sessions, moving house, and a few other things going on.  I will probalby be posting sporadically for the next couple weeks as things start to settle into place. :)

So, Slovenia.  Slovenia is pretty incredible.  It is a small country that has an Eastern European influence in terms of architecture and language, but it definitely has some influence from two of its neighboring countries, Austria and Italy.  Part of the Alps run through the country, it has a little coastline on the Adriatic Sea, it has a lovely capital city, it has rolling countryside hills, and it has a karstic cave system.  I highly recommend visiting if you have the opportunity!

We ended up in Slovenia because I had met two photographers that are also part of the Beloved Collective during an intense, life-changing workshop online.  I mentioned to them that I'd be traveling to Europe this summer and they insisted that I visit them and have a shoot with them.  I couldn't possibly say no. :)  So our first day in Slovenia was a pretty intense 'tourist' day.  We visited a cave system at a UNESCO protected site, which was amazing.  It was seriously like the Mines of Moiria.  I have been in some cave systems here in Florida, but we just don't have the altitude variation that exists in other places to make it into a really dramatic experience.  At one point we were walking on a narrow bridge in the cave about 45m above the river with easily 100m of space above us up to the ceiling of the cave.  Really inredible.  

We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the caves, so I only have a few from outside.

After the cave, we stopped for lunch at a great little pub.  I had a dish that was part ravioli with a truffle-cream sauce (YUM) and part gnocchi with a creamy nettle sauce (also YUM).  From there we decided to take a drive down to Piran, a little historic town on the coast.  We strolled around there, went up to the castle, dipped our feet in the water, and had some gelato.  We drove into Ljubljana and spent the night at Tine's parents' house.

More Europe? See our first gelato in Italy or more from lovely Slovenia!

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