Photos of Slovenia

[x-driver]

I'll post some photos with descriptions of my country here. There are many tourists coming to Slovenia, from UK also, so some of you guys might be interested

I'll start with most recent.

This weekend we visited a cave named Babja jama (baba is a derogatory term for a woman, in old language also a term for some kind of a witch, so the name is kind of Woman's cave or Withch's cave). It is located close by a small town Most na Soči where an artificial lake on the Soča river lies, needed for a hydro power plant. Some my remember I posted some pictures of this lake already before on this forum, of course with a Z4 on them
Babja jama was also an old religious sanctuary. Just in front of it there is a railway bridge, dating in early 1900's, built by Austrohungarian. And below that bridge there is some beautiful scenery of the Soča river. This is a very scenery railway from Jesenice to Nova Gorica, can recommend a train trip here.

A look from above it all. A railway and the main road between Tolmin and Nova Gorica is seen from here.


The entrance to the cave


A section of the railway bridge. This bridge lies between 2 tunnels.

 

[x-driver]

I'll continue with some photos of the Most na Soči lake as I was already talking about it in the post above.
I don't remember if I have any photos of the lake without a car

 

[DonDon]

This weekend we visited a cave named Babja jama (baba is a derogatory term for a woman, in old language also a term for some kind of a witch, so the name is kind of Woman's cave or Withch's cave).

As in Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition - The Hut of Baba Yaga.

As well as the orchestral version, I stongly recommend the one by Emerson, Lake and Palmer; I know, i'm showing my age :wink:

 

[Mr Tidy]

Some fantastic scenery there x-driver.

Mrs Tidy went to Lake Bled a few years ago and loved it.

 

[Jembo]

Big mistake telling this lot…

Been there for work - many moons back

Lake Bled is fabulous

Even skied in kranjska gora

Gorgeous place

 

[x-driver]

This weekend we visited a cave named Babja jama (baba is a derogatory term for a woman, in old language also a term for some kind of a witch, so the name is kind of Woman's cave or Withch's cave).

As in Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition - The Hut of Baba Yaga.

As well as the orchestral version, I stongly recommend the one by Emerson, Lake and Palmer; I know, i'm showing my age :wink:

There, I knew there was a name for it, couldn't remember it

 

[x-driver]

Lake Bled also lies next to the mentioned railway, so there's a proof of my recommendation for it

Speaking of, from Bled the railway continues towards Bohinj, an area surrounded by numerous mountains, including the Slovenian highest - Triglav (2864m). The heart of Bohinj however is the Bohinj lake, which I'll show next. The railway doesn't actually pass by the lake, you'll have to step off in Bohinjska Bistrica and then head to Ribčev Laz to visit the lake.

The lake from a top of a mountain (I might post some pictures from the top of it later)


The lake with Triglav on its left, you can't miss it.


The beginning of the lake on west side




The lake from Ribčev Laz on east side

 

[buzyg]

Great pictures. 8)

 

[x-driver]

Ty these are all taken by me so far

 

[x-driver]

Let's jump on a 2054m high mountain called Vrh nad Škrbino (it's a funny name, translates as A peak above the Dent). I already posted 2 pictures taken from there in the post above, so I'll just add some more. From here you can see all the way to the Adriatic Sea, a huge chimney in Monfalcone, Italy can be seen, as well the church in Piran, Slovenia. A view far inside Italy is offered from here, an endless plain and further north the Dolomites.
It's not a tourist point however, this is a proper mountain hike.

Left from the bench are the Dolomites far away. On the right there is mount Krn (known from WW1).


Not the most quality photo but there is the chimney (the vertical line right from the church).


The plain in Italy


Most na Soči lake


Piran, Slovenia


A view towards the Sea


The snowy side faces Bohinj while the green side faces Tolmin


Far away in the valley there is Tolmin

 

[x-driver]

Time for some new content.

This weekend there was a nice experience possible after quite some years of absence - a museum steam train on the Bohinj railway.

It's being the 120th anniversary of Bohinj railway. This is the section between Jesenice and Nova gorica. Back then that route was chosen by the Austro-Hungarian authorities for the planned Vienna - Trieste railway. Being a remarkable engineering achievement back then it still is today.
Featuring the famous Solkan bridge, which is said to be the largest stone arch railway bridge on Earth, numerous other stone and steel bridges and tunnels - the longest (in Slovenia) being the tunnel between Podbrdo and Bohinjska Bistrica with the length of 6,3km. And the beautiful nature scenery, when you travel above the Soča river and with green hills all around. The railway also runs past Bled and through another nature pearl Blejski Vintgar.

The steam train this weekend was driving from Bohinjska Bistrica to Nova gorica and back again. I was on the latter ride. Being 35°C these days it was quite an extreme experience with no A/C in the old railway cars.

I took some pictures with my phone, not the most quality ones, but they'll do:

Preparing the locomotive in Nova gorica


Traveling with us were these musicians as well, wearing not the most period correct outfits however


Just before the start, some heavy smoke


Old school uniforms. This guy would later check our special tickets


Solkan bridge just ahead


On the Solkan bridge, looking down the Soča river which leaves Slovenia just a few miles later, continues in Italy as Isonzo


A dam on Soča


Waiting for another train to clear the way


Some maintenance being done


First stop at Most na Soči train station. You can see they are filling water to the locomotive. There are few water towers left in Slovenia...


Half stone, half steel bridge at Bača pri Modreju, underneath goes the main road from Tolmin to Ljubljana


On the bridge, looking down the Idrijca river and the Bača river coming from the right. The train follows Bača river all the way to Podbrdo when it enters the long tunnel


A look back at the stone-steel bridge



I didn't take any more photos further on.

We returned to Nova Gorica with brand new Stadler train and there was my Z4 waiting outside the train station, shining washed clean just 2 days ago