General Info

Hello friends and family!  This blog reflects the personal observations and photos of our trip to Croatia.  For "official" information, including more detailed itinerary, play schedules, additional team photos, etc, please refer to the "unofficial" SCVA High Performance Global Challenge 2008 travel blog (blogmastered by me!), and to the official Global Challenge website.

Friday, July 18, 2008

DAY 4 - Ljubljana (caves & castles!!)

Hi guys! We had yet another awesome day! We woke up at 5 AM to have an early breakfast (with sausages!!), and catch the 7:10 AM train to the Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle. When we arrived at the Postonja train station, it was very lightly raining, so we decided to walk the 25 minutes to the cave rather than pay 15 Euro for a taxi (uh oh). About 1/3 the way, it began pouring REALLY hard, so by the time we reached the cave we were sooooo drenched (and rather cold and miserable). But the cave tour was totally worth it - an amazing underground cavern system with 1,000+ year old formations. After the cave tour, still wet, we enjoyed THE BEST cup of hot chocolate to warm us up inside and out! Then Dad and one of the other parents took a short taxi ride to the Predjama Castle - built in the 13th century into the side of a cliff, about 300 feet above the valley floor.

After our big adventure to Postonja, we watched the older SCVA team ("Red") scrimmage the Denmark team, and then enjoyed a relaxing dinner in Old Town along the river.

James & Hannah - love you and miss you guys!!!

Mom & Dad

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Guys, Looks like you are having a great time! Just wanted to let you know that I picked up Hannah today from horse camp and she is ALL smiles. She had a great time and I snapped a few pictures (before my battery died). She is taking a nap right now, however when she wakes up I'll set her up on the website for viewing. She's going to stay tonight with me and the kids (Eddie is in Canada for a week) and then Deb and all will steel her from me tomorrow. Miya and Bailey are so happy to have her here. Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Dorth.

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