Walking Shoes and a Digital Camera

Stroll up to the Castle Forte Mare

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Walking up to the castle besides lush Mediterranean vegetation.

View from the way to the castle.

View of Herceg Novi and the bay.

View of the bay from the way to the castle Forte Mare.

Djenovici

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Djenovici, Montenegro.

View of the Lovcen mountain range from Djenovici.

Image of Montenegro.

Church in Djenovici.

In Djenovici

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Hikers with mimosas.

View from Djenovici.

Enjoying a sunny day on the beach.

Flowering Camellia in Djenovici.

A Stroll along the Coast in Djenovici

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View of the mountain range Lovcen.

View from Djenovici.

Djenovici at the time of the Mimosa Festival.

Hikers from Celje in Djenovici.

Parade

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The Mimose Festival in Herceg-Novi.

Parading along the sea coast.

The Mimose Festival.

Girl.

Mimosa Festivities

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At the begining of February we spent three days (5, 6, 7,) in Montenegro. We were staying in a hotel in Djenovici, Herceg-Novi.

We arrived on Saturday just in time to attend the local Mimosa festival. The show was taking place in front of our hotel.

Folk dancers and musicians.

Cheerleaders.

Children dancing.

Lesicno

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Hikers near Lesicno.

Old decaying hayrack near Lisicno.

Old decaying house in Lesicno.

Church in Lesicno.

Kozjansko

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Hiker with dry plants - for home decoration.

Old traditional house of Kozjansko.

View of Kozjansko.

Hiker taking pictures of Winter roses.

Towards Lesicno

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The day was gray.

Hikers.

View of Kozjansko. We were walking all the time in the Kozjansko Regional Park.

Short break.

Spring Snowflakes

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Leucojum vernum. Spring snowflakes.

Spring is coming to Slovenia!

Spring snowflakes.

Debeli Vrh

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In Slovenia Winter aconites grow in the wild only in the Bohor mountain.

The flowers are closed due to cloudy weather.

Trees in the Debeli Vrh (Peak) - broken by storms.

Descending the summit among a sea of spring flowers.

Walking among flowers.

Mt. Bohor

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European holly. Ilex aquifolium.

Walking on the Bohor mountain.

In the woods near the hut on Bohor. We had an hour break there.

The yellow spots are Eranthis hyemalis. Winter aconites.

Vetrnik

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View from the ridge of Mt. Vetrnik. Dry grasslands of Vetrnik are habitats of extreme diversity, known especially for numerous rare and endangered species of orchids.

Of course now is not the time for orchids. It's time for Helleborus niger. Christmas rose.

A train with pictures of Lenin and Stalin on the wagon in front of a house on Vetrnik.

Stop for tea and pastry.

Valentin's Hike

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Yesterday (12 February) we took part in the traditional Valentin's hike: Kozje - Vetrnik - Bohor Hut - Debeli Vrh - Lesicno.

Kozje - our starting point.

Hikers in Kozje.

Primula vulgaris. Primrose.

Walking across the meadows of Vetrnik.

Sunny Day on Kriska Gora

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In the summit of Kriska Gora.

View towards the south from the summit of the Kriska Gora mountain.

In the summit of Kriska Gora.

Relaxing in the summit of Kriska Gora.

On the Summit of Kriska Gora

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In front of the hut.

View from the summit towards the Julian Alps.

View of Tolsti Vrh mountain from the hut. In the background is Mt. Storzic.

In the summit of Kriska Gora.

Views from the Summit of Kriska Gora

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Karavanke.

Begunjscica.

Tree.

Stol and Begunjscica.

The Summit of Kriska Gora

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Hikers approaching the summit.

Near the hut.

The hut on Kriska Gora.

The hut. On the right is Mt. Tolsti Vrh, in the background Mt. Storzic.

Views from the Goat's Path

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I am going to post some pictures from the 21st traditional Kriska Gora hike (in the year 2008).

View from the path to Kriska Gora.

View towards the west: Julian Alps.

Village Gozd

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View of Kriska Gora.

Inn in the village Gozd.

The church of St. Nicholas in the village Gozd.

Winter Images of Kriska Gora

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View of Kriska gora. In the distance are the Julian Alps.

Winter image.

Image of Kriska gora.

Patterns.

Kriska Gora

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Yesterday we climbed Kriska gora, 1473 m.

We started the hike in Golnik, walked past the Gozd village and through forest up to the hut on Kriska gora.

Near the hut.

View of Tolsti vrh from the hut.

At the hut. It was the 24th traditional hike on Kriska gora organized on the last Sunday of January.

In front of the hut.

Mursko Sredisce

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Mursko Sredisce where our hike ended.

In the sports hall. We took part in this hike every year. Some pictures from previous years are here.

The Mura river.

Walking in Medjimurje

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Besides the village pond.

Hikers in Medjimurje.

Aproaching Mursko Sredisce our goal.

Walkers

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Viscum album. Common mistletoe.

Across the fields.

Walking in Medjimurje.

Medjimurje.