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Slovenia: Company Picnic in Koroška

Our company had its annual summer picnic and today they took us to Koroška (Carinthia), a traditional region in northern Slovenia. Since the event was only 100 kilometers from my home, I decided to get there with my road bike, Metliška Črnina.

We started riding at 5:00 a.m. and over Ljubelj Pass we entered Austria, where we rode by the river Drava all the way back to Slovenia and our destination, Muta and there I waited for the bus and my other co-workers.

Together we had a late typical Carinthian breakfast, followed by some games, where we had to show our special skills. After the hard part we took a ride with raft, or as locals say, with flos. After the meal and some shows we returned back to our place, where we continued with volleyball and picnic.

Good Morning Ženeško jezero (Sonnegger See)

 

Riding with my road bike Metliška Črnina 

At the confluence of Drava and Labotnica

Back in Slovenia, just before Dravograd

Podljubelj - Borovlje - Šmarjeta v Rožu - Žitara vas - Pliberk - Labot - Dravograd - Gortina - Muta - Garmin Connect

My bike's grand grand father

Carinthian breakfast - it was delicious

Aviat

 

Games began. First we had to mark a rectangle 4 m x 2.5 m without any meters. In a second game, we had to walk on wooden sticks (hodulje in Slovene).

 

Riding the bike with an extra load was the third game and rope dragging fourth.

Slow driving was our last game and we almost destroyed the oldtimer - Zastava 750

Sketches with history lessons

Navigating

 

Short plays and traditional music on the raft

 

Picnic and volleyball for the finish

GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable items "CV Travel Tag", TB6ZJXB, "Little Red Buggy", TB6M50J and "Homar", TB158CG:
- Die drei heiligen Madl - Margareta, GC4VV7N
- Schau, die Drau, GC2BKTZ
- R1 10/07 - Hängebrücke, GC5FBNJ
- Quickie#3, GC1ZT9G