We are through Slowenia, had a fabulous time there, met many great people and learned a lot from them. Goga, Luco and their fox terrier Edi gave us a little home for the time being there. We slept in a little wooden tent in Trnovo, Nova Gorica. That place is quite away from the city, they live in the last house of the village - up in 800m right next to the beautiful forest. We went on many hikes, kayaking, swimming and helped also planting and weeding the greenhouse and beds, poured concrete and learned a lot about eatable plants you can find in nature. We collected different herbs and made oils, cough sirups and pesto. In order not to forget all the new knowledge about all the herbs and eatable weeds we made an herbarium which we keep safe deep in our luggage bags. I discovered that I'm very interested in eatable plants and herbs, I want to get more knowledge. Back in Germany we want to get some books about this topic.
Steffen went on a three day trip with Dejan, a tour guide, to Bovec where all the crazy activities like paragliding, kite surfing or LINe take place. They cycled hills up and down in order to discover new places for guided tours. Thanks Sasa, also a nice guy from Nova Gorica, he could enjoy these long trips on a fully suspensioned bike. Dejan took him also for kayaking in order to cool down. These days were like in heaven for him.
We also went to special places like Ljubljana, Pohorje or Salovce and we took an autovlak to The most typical touristic place in Slowenia called Bled. autovlak is a train that carries the cars and the drivers stay in the car during the journey. That is a great experience since the trip goes through a beautiful green valley and there are many tunnels through hills. Imagine you sit in the car, it is moving and shaking and the nature passes by and you just sit and enjoy. We will never forget this special adventure.
After the great time in Slowenia we cycled through Hungary and met friends from our hometown at the lake Balaton. We spent some days with Miska & Marko and their three lovely children Adelka, Jergus and Gerda. We were very glad that the kids remembered us since we were gone almost one year. The time with them at this flat lake was incredible, we talked, relaxed and swam a lot since the weather was very hot.
After Balaton we cycled up north towards the Neusiedler See, Austria. Since it kept on being incredibly hot (around 40 degree) we started our cycling trips very early in the morning: around 4 o'clock we woke up, packed all things together and cycled a while, than we ate some breakfast (usually polenta with bananas) and cycled on until 11 o'clock. After this time it got so hot so we hid in shade until 5-6 p.m.and cycled on again. This is our way to survive these hot summer days...
At the Neusiedler See we spent a few days with Steffens sister Kathrin and her family. Kathrin announced us that she is pregnant and the second child will be born in January. What fabulous news we thought! Lets celebrate!
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