Slovenia - 6th June 2005

The valleys were always draped with thick layers of forests and were so deep it was sometimes hard to tell where they ended. Rows of houses clung to the slanted clearings and when up close, around them you could watch the alpine meadows strewn with long wavy grass and blue, pink, purple and yellow flowers vigorously swaying, drooping, in the wind. The mountains meandered dreamily amongst the clouds, peak after peak, watching over the villages, part of the background.

"Fairytale land", the tour guide said, "fairytale land".

( Zlatorog, fossils, meadows, Pagan girls, mountains, rivers, caves, gorges )