Today we headed out of Slovenia and into Croatia for the first time.Our first stop was to be Plitvice Lakes, “declared a National Park in 1949” [the blurb said]. A new Country is always quite exciting. This really did feel…
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Bearing Up
I was seriously disappointed with our morning. We were heading for the Postojna cave, which is one of very few homes to Olms (Proteus anguinus), fully aquatic, blind, pink, cave salamanders existing only on the Dalmatian coast. Their colour leads…
Posted in 2016 Slovenia-Croatia
A Change of Plan
Today we were supposed to be heading into some high ground again but our guide, MIlan, had been keeping his weather-eye on the forecast – well, that’s a good place for it – and suggested a change of plan. The…
Posted in 2016 Slovenia-Croatia
Mount Mangart
Day 3 on the itinerary [day 2 of doing anything wildlife oriented] and we were off to the mountains. To be precise, we were off to Mount Mangart in the Julian Alps. Our route was an interesting one since it…
Posted in 2016 Slovenia-Croatia
Lake Bohinj
Yesterday we had an excellently timed flight (12:55 PM take off) from Stansted lasting about two hours to Ljubljana. A couple of firsts: first flight for me from Stansted and certainly my first time in Slovenia. The timing made our…
Posted in 2016 Slovenia-Croatia
Andalucia: the Alhambra
According to the Rough Guide to Spain, the Alhambra Palace at Granada is: … one of Spain’s architectural wonders and most visited monuments … The Alhambra was on Francine’s bucket list so, being only about 90 minutes away by car…
Posted in 2016-05, Spain
Andalucia: Canillas de Albaida
All our previous Explore trips have been spent at several locations but this was a so-called centre-based trip at a single hotel for the duration. Here it is, on the left side of this square. On the right of the…
Posted in 2016-05, Spain
Andalucia: the Fauna
Fauna, it has to be said, had been notable mostly by its scarcity back up in Jalón prior to our Andalucian visit. Dragonflies had proved particularly difficult to find, despite my best efforts. Also, rather curiously since we had quite…
Posted in 2016-05, Spain
Andalucia: the Flora
As I mentioned previously, I wasn’t a great fan of trudging along, especially up, wide stone 4×4 tracks in the mountains but it give Francine some good views of the flora and gave her time to pause without getting lost…
Posted in 2016-05, Spain
Andalucia: the Walking
This was our 10th trip with Explore!, many of which have been walking trips, though a few were more cultural (e.g Thailand, Peru). This trip was centre based, in the white Andalucian village of Canillas de Albaida, whereas some trips…
Posted in 2016-05, Spain
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