The genesis

After more than 3 month of idleness, working on other parts of website, all the booze drank in this time, it's finally here!!! The English translation of our folklore group website. Although it's not 1:1- at least at the moment most of the content is not translated, but it's a really good start anyway. There are most important things- like description of our group, video content, picture galleries, guest book, and contact form. So- thanks to Mateja! And Joomla fish.
And if something seismic happens and Vanja finishes her translation, there might even be a German version soon. ;-)
Anyways, you can check English version here, and Slovene version here.

It's been long time since Tena married

I just had to post this video. It's beautiful tamburica song, and what's more, I really can relate to it. No comparison necessary. I know that those of you who don't understand Slavic languages don't get it, but well- let it be enough to say it's a soul mover. :-I

Wednesday trip to the world of limestone

When I re-read my last post this morning, I told myself there must be something more interesting to do, but soak in warm water for whole day. So I thought to do a little trip south. I decided to do sort of Ljubljanica trip- I took the old road from Ljubljana to Postojna, took a detour at Planinsko polje to Unec, and made a great walk at Rakov Škocjan. Rakov Škocjan is a natural park. It's main attraction is a gorge of river Rak, one of many names for river Ljubljanica as it appears and disappears on the limestone terrain of this part of Slovenia. Rakov Škocjan is especially known for its two natural bridges- one of them is even so big, the road leads across it, and at one stage there was a small church built on it- ruins of which can still be seen. Anyways, the most spectacular part of this park (at least for me) is the very point where Rak flows out from cave. It's surrounded by steep cliffs of each sides, there's a natural bridge over it at the very start. Rak disappears and reappears from couple of caves, before it finally emerges few hundred meters from this point for its 5 km course- where it disappears again into the underworld. It is a great walk- and if there's been rain or snow lately you are bound to get at least a little bit wet from water dripping from cave walls above you... The route itself goes down into gorge, than up again, and crosses the river twice. Truly spectacular!

Rak river as it emerges from the underworld

Man made bridge in the gorge

Natural bridge (Mali most)

My next intention was, to climb hill Slivnica above Cerknica lake, but unfortunately due to snow I decided to leave it for some other time. The lake was less than half full, so the view probably wasn't all that spectacular at that stage. The rest of the trip was mostly drive back to Ljubljana- across snow covered Bloke plateau, and the road from Ribnica to Kočevje. My note- I'd recommend this trip to everyone.

And across the universe...

... there's nothing especially new. But seriously, I'm almost in a state of panic. Took a week off work since there wasn't that much to do at work at the moment and there's gonna be a lot soon. And I thought I'd decide along the way what to do with this one week. My original thought was to go somewhere North- not to far, like České Budějovice (yes I know the hidden agenda isn't to much hidden with this one). Or perhaps go to the seaside, or to the spa. Well- it's virtually Wednesday, and I still haven't decided anything. It's not like I made no plans. It's just that Murhpy comes along with stuff like bad weather, or something similar. So, if nothing else pops out, I'm going to Atlantis tomorrow. I know- kind of retired people behavior, but hey, at least I'm relaxing somewhere else but in front of TV.
This is probably a part where I should say something I missed saying in my last post, right? ;-) Well I'm not going to. There!
I can't wait for real spring to come.

Since I turned the big one today....

... I don't want to write anything deep, or depressed, or nerve-wrecking. ;-)
Actually... I don't want to write anything at all. So guess what (all 5 of you who are going to read this post)- you're stuck with a video again. Bummer!

Gotto go now- I feel pain in my spine. And my knee is a bit slow today. :-/

It happened in Juneau...

... believe it or not. Not a long while ago. I was surprised, as these things go, but on second thought it was expected. And perhaps long overdue. But shocking nonetheless. So, what now? To go ahead just as if nothing happened? Isn't that a bit hypocritical? Don't know, but at current time it seems like a right thing to do. As I mentioned before- easy way out can be the right way out sometimes. A bit of a Joycean problem, you see? Absolute truth is something to elusive to comprehend.
Enjoy the weekend...