Slovenia day 2 – Velika Planina
In the morning, we go to pick up our rental car, and just as expected, when I’m done filling out all the forms etc, just as we’re about to get the car, we get flagged since my license is going to expire during he rental period. After some awkward back and forth, we come to an agreement with the guy that I will drive until it expires, and will have Yana drive the last few days. He hands over the keys. Phew.
A big chunk of Slovenia is in the Alps and we head out to go to Velika Planina, a plateau, high up in the mountains. On the way there, we stop in this little town Kamnik, where we tour a brewery and try some tasty beers. The only way to get to Velika Planina is to take a fernicular followed by a chairlift. We finally get to the top. All the photos we had seen of this place were amazing, but when we got there, there was a ton of fog and we could barely see anything at all. We tried hiking a trail, and then gave up because we literally could only see a few yards in any direction. Blargh.
Deciding to make the best of it, we get some lunch. the food is hearty Eastern European style. We had this buckwheat mush with pork cracklings and this sauerkraut stew with sausage. On the way back down to the fernicular, we saw lots of cows grazing… this area used to be full of shepherds who would herd cows. Yana tried to interact with some of the cows, but sadly the cows weren’t having it and just gave her unamused looks, lol.
