Saturday, June 20, 2009

Splunking in Slovenia

We woke up to pouring rain and reports of snows in the alps. With the
bleak weather outlook, minor bike problems, and major sun burns, we
decided to go splunking with our host Albert. We went to Postojne
caves about a half hour away. We were quickly loaded onto a
Yugoslavian Era train. It felt like a ride at Epcot except the danger was
unintended and quite real. The reward was well worth the risk, as the
cave proved to be astonishing. Ljubljana has proved to be a diamond
in the rough. Bike are tuned and the Julian Alps await.

4 comments:

  1. Basic Croatian Phrases for your next stop!
    YES = DA dah
    NO = NE neh
    PLEASE = MOLIM moleem
    THANK YOU = HVALA VAM hvahlah vahm
    GOOD MORNING = DOBRO JUTRO dobro yootro
    GOOD AFTERNOON = DOBAR DAN dobahr dahn
    GOOD NIGHT = LAKU NOCŒ lahkoo noch
    HELLO / HI = ZDRAVO / BOG zdrahvo / bog
    GOOD-BYE = DOVID-ENJA doveejehñah
    WHAT IS YOUR NAME? = KAKO SE ZOVETE? kahko seh zovehteh
    MY NAME IS... = IME MI JE... eemeh mee yeh
    HOW ARE YOU? = KAKO STE? kahko steh
    FINE THANKS, AND YOU? = DOBRO HVALA, A VI?? dobro hvahla, ah vee
    I UNDERSTAND. = RAZUMIJEM. rahzoomeeyehm
    I DON'T UNDERSTAND. = NE RAZUMIJEM. neh rahzoomeeyehm
    DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? = GOVORITE LI ENGLESKI? govoreeteh lee ehnglehskee
    I DON'T SPEAK MUCH CROATIAN. = GOVORIM MALO HRVATSKI. govoreem mahlo hehrvahtskee

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  3. Can't forget this one

    ONE MORE BEER PLEASE = daj još jednu žuju( zuju being a popular Croatian lager)

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  4. can't wait to hear about this in person! over a nile special...you'll see when you get here. have fun!

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