IOBAVET - Slovenia

Service at restaurants can be very slow and we are still learning to be patient. But when we do eat out, the food is usually very good.

Peonies grow everywhere, in healthy bushes, even when completely unattended, and are in full bloom.

The wild flowers are just lovely and prolific

The sound of birds is pretty constant, with a variety of calls, and I'm still hearing cookoo's

Slovenia is very green, and after 5 minutes on the highway out of the capital you are back amongst forest

I still don't understand the foot baths they place in the camp bathrooms

Last night I had gnocchi with boar (was a great tasting thick meaty stew), and the gnocchi is nothing like I have had back home - it's always been very light, and not at all stodgy

You have to buy paracetamol at the chemist, and one pharmacy in Italy only had 1 packet left - unbelievable - yet every small magazine kiosk and store sells booze super cheap

People keep wonderful vege gardens that are very orderly and prolific
The wood stacks are everywhere, and there is only one way the wood is cut and stacked.
I wanted to buy a wooden rake at a roadside stall but Heather said NO, then the next day I see a women raking her freshly cut hay with just this