Monday, July 6th
Nick had 4 days off for the 4th of July weekend. We spent the first day with family visiting from France. Saturday and Sunday we spent near any body of water because it was so hot. Monday I convinced Nick to do a day trip to Slovenia to see the Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle. It was definitely do-able in a day trip.
After an hour and a half drive, we made it to the caves. It was already sticky and warm outside. I was excited to be in the cooler caves. The English tours run once an hour. We made it just in time for the 11am tour.
Our guide informed us that it was only 45 degrees year round in the cave, so we'd need some extra layers. The other tourists started putting on their jackets. Nick and I looked at each other. We were wearing shorts, flip flops and light weight, long-sleeved shirts. We were going to freeze. Nick toughed it out, which he later really regretted. I rented an overcoat for 3 Euro. Totally worth it! (Even though Nick through a hissy fit that I needed one.) :)
We rode a train for 1.5 km into the cave to the highest point, the big mountain.
It was hard to get a good shot with the train moving so fast, and the rooms so dimly lit.
The ride alone was SO cold with the wind whipping by us.
I was grateful I'm not taller because there were some low hanging stalactites on the ride.
The big mountain
Can you see Nick?
The Spaghetti Hall.
This is the purest form of Limestone in the caves. It's completely white. We also saw a red room. The color came from the iron in the soil.
We were led into a cathedral hall with a fish tank in the middle. The tank had salamanders in it that live in the river that was below us. They could go up to 5 years without food!
The caves were definitely worth seeing. It was the number one tourist attraction in Slovenia, and I could see why. I would have done it again just for the train ride in and out. (with warm clothes on)
After the caves, we were both starving. There were plenty of options around us. We went for some delicious grill food.
After lunch, we drove up the road 3 miles to the Predjama Castle. I had seen a friend from college post a picture from here a few months back. We tried to recreate their photo they had taken here.
I think we got pretty close:) Haha!
It was BLAZING hot at this point. Neither one of us wanted to stay and had read that it wasn't worth seeing inside. We got what we came for, so we were happy heading home.
On our walk back to the car, we spotted some horses under a tree.
It was an easy day trip. I love car rides; especially in Europe. You can visit castles, caves and horses within an hour from home. I'm really going to miss Europe.
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