Stroll up to the Castle Forte Mare

Walking up to the castle besides lush Mediterranean vegetation.

View from the way to the castle.

View of Herceg Novi and the bay.

View of the bay from the way to the castle Forte Mare.

Djenovici

Djenovici, Montenegro.

View of the Lovcen mountain range from Djenovici.

Image of Montenegro.

Church in Djenovici.

A Stroll along the Coast in Djenovici

View of the mountain range Lovcen.

View from Djenovici.

Djenovici at the time of the Mimosa Festival.

Hikers from Celje in Djenovici.

Valentin's Hike

Yesterday (12 February) we took part in the traditional Valentin's hike: Kozje - Vetrnik - Bohor Hut - Debeli Vrh - Lesicno.

Kozje - our starting point.

Hikers in Kozje.

Primula vulgaris. Primrose.

Walking across the meadows of Vetrnik.

Village Gozd

View of Kriska Gora.

Inn in the village Gozd.

Inn in the village Gozd.

The church of St. Nicholas in the village Gozd.

Povir - Smarje

The church in Povir.

This part of Slovenia belonged to many different states in history ... seen also in the history of the local school.

From Povir the bus took us to Smarje where we visited our friend Zdenka. We bought some wine ...

and Kast pancetta there.

Lokev

Yesterday we were walking in the Slovenian Littoral. The bus took us to the village of Lokev famous for its old tower Tabor and the Karst prosciutto.

St. Michael's church in Lokev.

The old tower Tabor houses a museum. The owner Srecko Roze showed us objects he had gathered mostly from WW I and WW II.

Inside the church. It was painted during the WW II by the Slovenian painter Tone Kralj.

Nativety scene in the church.

Views from the Fortress

The tower.

View from the fortress.

View from the fortress.

View of the Danube river from the fortress.

Gudurica

It was dark when we arrived to the village of Gudurica.

Church in Gudurica.

Window.

In Gudurica/Kudritz we had supper, tasted wines in one of their wine cellars and visited the gallery of Robert Hammerstiel's works.

Gudurica/Kudritz was till 1945 a German village. The house that now hostes the gallery was once owned by Hammerstiel's family.

Velike Poljane

Walking towards Velike Poljane.

Velike Poljane.

Church in Velike Poljane.

Inside the church.