The 23rd Traditional Wedding Event Semiška ohcet is being held in Semič and my bike repairer Peter organized a mountain bike trip to the event. Around 20 people gathered in Podgrad and together we cycled through forests in Lower Carniola and White Carniola. Peter also provided rich accompanying program, with bits of history of the area we rode through, great lunch, we visited wine cellar and participated in blessing of our bikes. We finished the day in Črešnjevec, where we slept on a hay in a barn.
Our bike fleet
We drove on the route of the old forest railway
Towards the half-time in Vimol. Spelled with j in the end or not, it's funny, that there is no slovenian article about the village in Slovene on wikipedia. Ashamed of our own history?
All the time we rode on nice, not to difficult terrain.
Over some mud
Rozi Mohar had a short history lesson with us. The topic was about Gottscheers (Kočevarji), the German settlers of the Kočevje region (a.k.a. Gottschee) of Slovenia. They first settled in Carniola around 1330 from the German lands of Tyrol and Carinthia and maintained their German identity and language (Gottscheerish) during their 600 years of isolation.
Our organizer Peter
Group photo near abandoned church in Vimolj.
Speeding towards the lunch.
Nada's Beast
Lunchtime with beer, wine, fresh vegetables, roasted lamb and chicken. Superb.
Infront of the "Kočka lipa” (linden tree, 600 years old, its hollow trunk measures 780 cm).
After the wine tasting in Wine cellar Malnarič. We tasted 5 different wines.
In Semič saw some events as part of the 23rd Traditional Wedding Event Semiška ohcet.
All generations of bikes and people came to the blessing of the bikes. Majorettes also passed by.
We left the event and rode towards our barn in Črešnjevec pri Semiču, where we had dinner and full rehydration.
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