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Mount Planjava in Kamnik-Savinja Alps
Klemenča Cave and the Twin Summit of Planjava A day trip into the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. Klemenča Cave — and I still wonder whether the missing “ev” in the name is intentional. (In Slovene, you would normally expect a “ev” there – Klemenčeva, so it sounds slightly incomplete to me). Trivia aside, this alpine hut rests less than an hour’s walk…
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Playing for a Cause
When Music Becomes Support: Giving Back Through Sound In the autumn of 2023 and the spring of 2024, the Adria Animals Band, together with local friends played a series of concerts we will never forget. In cities of Škofja Loka, Medvode, Kranjska Gora and Prevalje. In places where, in August 2023, devastating floods left deep scars behind. Our mission? To…
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Dubai Experience
Dubai – Where the Sky Is Only the Beginning In two words: mind-blowing. 🤯 I lost count of the architectural giants before realizing this is only a fraction of a relatively small emirate — about 1,400 square kilometers in total. The city itself covers roughly 35 km², yet its ambition feels limitless. Together with its neighbors, it forms the UAE…
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Marhabi, Konya
After three days, we confidently greet everyone with a cheerful “marhabi” – don’t worry, I’m your friend. As Haris likes to remind us, we are not tourists here. We are locals. And the people around us are not hosts – they are friends. Our morning wake-up call? Definitely not something you’d download as a ringtone. At exactly 5 a.m., the…
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Cappadocia Experience
🇹🇷 iyi akşamlar 👋🙂 – good evening! Back in the land of spices and warm evening air. Even the hotel room seems to carry a faint scent of the East. After a slight delay, we finally drifted away from the gigantic man-made wonder that is Istanbul Airport and headed toward Antalya, resting on the southwestern coast of Anatolia, just south…
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Škrlatica – the First Lady of the Julian Alps
Škrlatica – Finally Meeting the First Lady of the Julian Alps It seems I wasn’t the only one who chose today for a first encounter with the mighty northern face of Škrlatica – the elegant “First Lady” of the Julian Alps, standing proudly above her rugged neighbors. Early Morning Chaos in Vrata Valley Just before 6 a.m., confusion ruled the…