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Dear Hivean friends,
Wow, what to say after that amazing feedback I received at my last Tour de Slovenia photo story where I shared Mountain Pass Vršič and can be seen on this link.
I have to admit I didn’t expect a big boom for recent photo story, but here on Hive you never know as it is full of surprises… Positive surprises! It started with quick upvote from @theycallmedan which kind of announced something good. It continued than with one of my most ardent followers @phortun, who is also an individual curator and supported my work with @TipU upvote. From bigger upvotes at the beginning I have to mention also @czechglobalhosts which was result of my win at Asian Sunday contest. There was also couple of my regular followers recognised quality at my post and give me an upvote for what I am grateful. Few calm hours were followed by my biggest accomplishment here on Hive so far. Upvote from @blocktrades and later huge upvote from @darthknight. Come on that is real honour to be recognized by 3 top 10 members of Hive. It is a privilege, but also a commitment to hard work in the future as well.
After that I came quite high on trending page of all posts and support came from all over the place. Felling was really great, as I always want to create content to reach as many people as possible. I want to promote my photography, my home country, my travel advice, everything I create. This is my main goal here on Hive and I get huge boost now with such a success of my recent post.
I am aware that not every post will be accepted like that one, but I will do my best to share quality with you.
Huge thank you for every single one of you who read and watch my work.
After “thank you” intro, it is time to start with real reason why I am publishing new work and this is to show more beauty my country Slovenia has to offer.
This story kind of continue from last one as we went over Vršič Mountain Pass to get to Soča river, which will be the queen of this post together with amazing place I discovered on that trip – Šunikov vodni gaj (ENG: The Šunik water grove).
As already written on my blog Soča is the nicest river I know. It is something mysterious in it with turquoise colour in most parts. We, Slovenians, get to know Soča river early in the school as we have to learn poet named Soči, written by Simon Gregorčič.
So at least the start of this poem is known by almost every Slovenian for all his life, similar to National Anthem.
My fellow Slovenians will start to recite:
Krasna si, bistra hči planin,
Brdka v prirodni si lepoti,
ko ti prozornih globočin
nevihte temne srd ne moti –
krasna si, hči planin!
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I don’t know English translation and as I see this poem as a pride of Slovenian poetry, it is OK to stay in Slovene language :)
I just wanted to bring this river and our (maybe mine?) look on it closer to you and help you understand what else can I see in it despite natural beauty it definitely offers.
So after we came across Vršič there is immediately spring of Soča river. This was my first visit of the spring. You have two options, first is to go to viewpoint only and the second one is to go all the way to the place where water is coming out.
Second option is unfortunately highly demanding and as we were there with our little one, we didn’t take a risk and go to viewpoint only. It is nothing special, but as I really like water and everything connected with it, I enjoyed about 15 minutes long hike.
Now we were already at Trenta valley, which was on the best photos from Vršič in my recent post. Valley from above looks spectacular and from down there it is not much behind that.
You can see many mountain peaks of Slovenian Alps and all this area actually already belongs to Triglavski Narodni Park. Along the road runs river Soča, so you have numerus potential stop points and photography opportunities. This day I didn’t had so much time, so I stopped only two time for a short click. After about an hour drive you get to The Great Soča Gorge which is amazing to see as everything else connected with this river. First impression there is the best. You can walk along the gorge for about a kilometre, but path is not the best and it is not exactly clearly marked. Still worth walking a bit along the water and checking for the fishes.
Lighting that day was not the best for photography, but at least we didn’t have to worry about sunburns :)
The last think we did that day, before our toddler fell asleep in the car was Šunik water grove, for which I never heard before doing research of what to see in the area we will visit. After reading few articles I knew this attraction is made for me. It is located in the valley called Lepena also close by. There is a round trail of about half an hour walk, without serious ascent. Firstly, you walk along the river, but this time it is not Soča, but it is Lepenjica. After crossing the bridge, you come to the forestry area with a lot of greenery and water running everywhere. We didn’t meet any other person on whole trail, just birds were singing so it was really relaxing.
My big wish is also to swim in some natural pool in the middle of nowhere surrounded with great nature and it seems that Šunik water grove is just the perfect place, but water activities are forbidden. Why must there always be a but :) We have to obey the rules as if everyone would be swimming there whole beauty would be lost.
You will see on the photos below of what beauty I am talking about, but you should know that in person looks even better...
As said, that was all for that day and that is all for today from my side as well, at least for this post. Hope you like my photos and that my write up is good enough to be understood. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. All tourists welcome to Posočje region and other places of my lovely country Slovenia.
I am going to Posočje again over the weekend, but this time I will also be sleeping there for two nights and most importantly take my camera with me and play around in order to catch some good shots as all this photos above are taken with my smartphone and again baby on me :)
Thank you all for reading and your support. Share good words about Slovenia and if you don’t believe it is really that beautiful, come and check it yourself!
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I am really glad your previous post got the recognition it deserved and I wish you good luck with this one too :) These are absolutely wonderful shots, would be impossible for me to pick a favorite, I love them all :)
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Hey man, thank you for all the support.
Photos are not the best, but the place really is...
I know you will come to Slovenia soon and see it by your own eyes :)
Beautiful! You are putting Slovenia on the list of places I need to visit.
That is my goal :)
I am sure you would like it here...
Hopefully we will be able to host you one day and contact me if and information will be needed :)
I will for sure let you know when I plan on going and ask for help and advice.
Amazing photos! I remember when we had to learn Soči in school, I still remember almost half of it.
Yes, as I said...
Legendary poem :)
Awesome! The stream is so clean!
Clenliness is a one of the highlights here yes.
On the 5th photo of Soča river, you can see fishes clearly even thou we were 5 meters above the gorge...
Nature is perfect without humans.
I loved to see every single photo - hope to see it myself soon again, if I can find some time and my son lends me my car ;) lol
They have built a new bridge over the Lepeny river - when I was there last time in Winter it has been almost dangerous to walk over it :)
Thanks a lot for reminding me once again why I have to go to the Soča valley and also to the Šunik water grove again soon 😊
!tip
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Hahahah... I am still laughing after I read " my son lends me my car ".
My son is only 1 year old, so I don't have this problems, yet :)
Otherwise, yoi know the place well, so noting much to add. If you know when the bridge ia changed, you are considered local :)
Thanks for stopping by and all your support!
My twins have made the drivers license last year and at the moment I get my car only when the tank is empty - you have a few years until I can laugh ;) lol
I cannot count how often I walked over this bridge - it has been so slippery when it rained and icy in winter - there was only one railing in the end.
It really was a great pleasure for me - you are very welcome @crazy-andy, wish you a nice evening and a good night 🙂
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Even though you had your baby and the mobile camera, the photographs are very good and keep us on them all the time.
So this weekend will be your camera 👌
Have fun and come.back with good bunch of photographs 😊
I will try. I can not promise anything as I will be with family again and that is my main priority, but this time I will really try to take some time for my passion as well.
See you around!
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Now I have to prepare something for top 3 :)
Looking forward to it @crazy-andy 😉
cheers, liz
These photos made me homesick, hehe.
Hey @oldtimer nice to see you around my blog.
Well I know medication for your sickness...
Come home :)
Until than, I will tempt you with my photos from the homeland :)
So many beautiful photos. This summer we will repeat your trip :)
Have you been to Boka waterfall? the hike is a bit steep and there are not so may occasions to enjoy the creek nearby yet the waterfall itself is stunning.
Have a nice tim ewith your family on your next adventures by Soča river :)
Thanks @ervin-lemark!
It is a great trip and Posočje is probably my favorite region. I have been to viewpoint of Boka waterfall couple of years ago. I am not sure if there is some other trail as well.
Yesterday after the run I was doing the plan for the weekend and it is simply too much for one full day, especially as I have to put my kid needs on the first place.
But we will do a lot and we will have fun I am sure.
Enjoy your weekend as well...
Really beautiful natural looks very cool.
Wow what a nice color of the water. The green looks so good.
They call it The Emerald River and Slovenia is known as Green Country...