I'm currently sitting outside the hostel and I'm peacefully reflecting on our day . At the beginning of the day we all woke up for an early start , well most of us did but some came down late in their pyjamas. Once everybody was suitably attired we headed off to the caves with our new friend Karla and our old long lost friend Marco (our coach driver from Tuesday).
A fun 10 minute train journey took us 100m below the ground weaving in and out of narrow caves and every turn brought us a lovely bit of air con in the form of a fresh blast of freezing air. It was a great temperature of 30 degrees outside but once we were underground it dropped to a cold 10 degrees, thanks to Helen for the advice to bring our jumpers so none of us guides froze! Unfortunately, my camera and Helen's lips didn't like the weather change.
Once in the cave we headed up the great mountain and admired the different shapes of stalagmites and stalactites. Can you explain the difference between the two? We attempted to take lots of photos of all the different open caves and the narrow crevices, some came out alright which wasn't great but bearing in mind we weren't allowed to use the flash it was actually a huge achievement.
After taking in all the amazing geographical features surrounding us we saw some pink, blind, skinless dragons and jumped backed onto the train to finish our journey back through the magical, mysterious caves and we returned back into the 30 degree heat.
We had our lunch on the coach today , it was an interesting combination of tomato puree, salad tomatoes, yellow peppers, plain flattened chicken and a huge thick piece of cheese. The castle we arrived at was interesting, it was half in a cave and half out. There was an array of rooms within the castle including a torture room and a balcony with an assortment of cannon balls.
We were all excited as we set off from the castle because we all knew our next stop was the beach , but before this we had to quickly visit Queen Lizzie's horse at a stud farm famous for breeding the gorgeous white horses.. Not being a huge fan of horses, I quickly hopped off the coach, ran to the bin to throw away my cottage cheese pastry and slyly got back on the coach (hopefully I was as sly as I thought!) Our final destination was the beach! Whoop Whoop!
As we got off the coach we saw the amazing views of the clear blue Adriatic sea directly in front of us. All of us immediately wanted to jump in , obviously after Helen had risk assessed it all. We walked beside the sea until we found our perfect place to lay down our towels and jump (carefully) into the sea. We saw many exciting things while floating in the salty sea water! Lots of us saw our first jelly fish and also a pirate ship.
We walked quickly to meet Karla on the square but in fact we were earlier than her although we had convinced ourselves we were late. We went for a quick hunt to find some toilets and instead we found restaurants without doors! This was not helpful at all.
We headed home with Marco but unfortunately we got stuck in one huge traffic jam which lead to plenty of singing on the coach before we finally arrived at the hostel for dinner. Rebecca's mind was read by the chef as the dish she wished for, a steak and chips, magically appeared before our very eyes.
After dinner we all left for free time, packing and blogging ready for our return home tomorrow. A great last full day in Slovenia. Can't wait to see everyone!
Alice
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