After two weeks of camping without a tent, my parents splurged. On the 29th of August we took a bus ride to Ljubljana. We stayed there three days and on the fourth we picked up our RV.

Our first stop was this awesome lake called Lake Bohinj. It was a beautiful lake so we stayed there for 4 nights. Our neighbors were really nice. One couple was from Germany and they had a really cute 1-year-old named Vanessa. The other couple was from the Netherlands. There was a lot of ducks that would come up to you looking for food. One time Vanessa’s dad was feeding the ducks and Vanessa put her finger out and the duck bit her. One day we rented a rowboat and my dad rowed us across the lake. We bought groceries and ice cream and the rowed back. One day we walked to a big grassy field and played with our ball and Decker’s stick. We played baseball for about an hour. Another day we walked up to a waterfall.

 

 

After Bohinj we drove to Bled. We stayed at a campsite right behind the lake. We weren’t camped on it so it was a 3 minute walk to the lake. We went swimming to a dock and the water was really cold. The next day we drove up to this really cool castle on a hill and had a fancy lunch. After that we walked back to the camper and drove to the Vintgar Gorge. It was a really cool gorge that was skinny and scary. Unfortunately it was really rainy and cold and we had to go back before we got to the end. After that we drove to the Slovenian Alpine Museum and met the Smalls and the Grmovseks.

 

My parents know Anda Smalls through Brookie and Danielle. Before we were born, my dad went on a bike ride with Anda in Moab. While they were stopped for lunch, Anda asked if anyone wanted some apple and someone said yes so she just ripped the apple in half with her bare hands! Anda has a 12 year daughter named Zala and a 10 year old son named Luca, which was really confusing because we met a different brother and sister named Zali and Luca in Fiji!

Tanya Grmovsek is Anda’s sister and she has a 4-year old daughter named Tara. Anda and Tanya are from Slovenia but Anda moved to Colorado. Anda and her kids are living in Slovenia for one year. They live in Maribor but they came to Kranska Gora for the museum exhibit. We were at the museum because they were opening an exhibit about women Slovenian climbers and Tanya was in the exhibit. We looked around the museum and then drove to a campsite in Kranska Gora.

The next morning the Smalls drove to our campsite and we all got ready to go on a bike ride. We got in their van and drove to their apartment. We then walked to a bike cafe and Decker, my mom and I rented bikes. My dad stayed home that day. We got our bikes and started riding to Italy! We stopped at the famous Planica ski jump. We then rode to some lakes in Italy. Now I have been to more countries on this trip than my dad! Tanya and Tara met us at the lakes and we ate lunch and built a gnome home in the forest.

The next day we drove up to the top of the Vrsic pass and hiked to the top of a peak. We built another gnome home, had lunch and then walked back down.

The next day we drove back to Planica and then walked up to a hut. The huts are almost like a hotel but a lot smaller. They have rooms and a restaurant. One of the coolest things about the huts in Slovenia is that they aren’t allowed to turn anyone away because when people are out in the mountains they have to give them shelter. We played Frisbee 500 for a while and then went to bed.