by Calvin Sun | Oct 22, 2017 | How's the weather?, October 2017: Slovenia, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Slovenia, Weekend Trips
After a quick trip in Trieste, we drove back across Italian-Slovenia border for the Škocjan Caves — A UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one of the largest known underground canyons in the world. For 16 euros a person (12 euros if you...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 22, 2017 | How's the weather?, Italy, October 2017: Slovenia, Serendipitous!, Slovenia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
While we were at Bled yesterday taking the boat ride to the inlet, we befriended a fellow American and NYU student Ashley after teasing her for hogging the front seat and ruining all our photos. We would then find out that she was staying just across...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 21, 2017 | How Did You Do That?, October 2017: Slovenia, Slovenia, What Dreams May Come
What we just did today: After a morning in Lake Bled and an early afternoon at Predjama Castle, it was finally time for the big finale of our day: The Postojna Caves. Spanning 24,340m long and carved by the Pivka River over the course of 2-3 million...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 21, 2017 | October 2017: Slovenia, Slovenia, Weekend Trips
After a serene morning at Lake Bled, we drove south for about an hour and 15 minutes to reach Predjama Castle. First mentioned in the history books in the late 1200s during the Renaissance period, Predjama Castle was the seat of the knight and...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 21, 2017 | October 2017: Slovenia, Slovenia, Weekend Trips
After yesterday’s series of disasters that almost cancelled our entire weekend trip to Slovenia, it was finally time for things to go our way today. We headed to bed last night at around midnight, waking up at 7:45am to be picked up by Slovenia Explorers...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 20, 2017 | Crisis, Fail, How Did You Do That?, Mo' Money Mo' Problems, October 2017: Slovenia, Serendipitous!, Slovenia, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Weekend Trips
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John SteinbeckEverything seemed like it was going according to plan. After all, I had a minor scare 6 days ago when I nearly missed my flight from JFK...
