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Slovenia: Motorbike tour with Sep

My CS guest Sep and me went on a trip with a Blue Horse. Our goal was to visit the most interesting places in Slovenia, so I decided to show her the coast, Soča valley and other attractions on the way.

Leaving Gorenjska on a nice day

Predjama Castle has a great legend about Erazem of Predjama, who was caught unprepared with his pants down.

 

Piran, one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria, with much medieval architecture, narrow streets and compact houses. On the right photo, besides Sep an me, also a statue of  Giuseppe Tartini, Baroque composer and violinist.

 

Kluže Fort above Koritnica river served as an important barrier into the Bovec basin. Already its location above the Koritnica gorge is exceptional. According to the historian Simon Rutar of Tolmin, the Bovec fort was built as a Venetian defense against the Turks and was later used by other European powers.

We conquered Vršič, 1611 m a.m.s.l., the highest pass in Slovenia, as well as the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps.

The road over the pass is currently known as Ruska cesta ("Russian Road"), renamed in July 2006 to honour the Russian prisoners of war that were forced to build it in World War I.

Sep @ the most tourist place in Slovenia, Lake Bled

More than 500 kilometres for the first real ride in 2013 was more than enough