Some more pictures

This morning my parents left by bus for Zagreb. It is a long trip, but they should be able to take the bus once they get back to Split, which will be nicer than the bus. Then tomorrow they take the train back to Ljubljana, and then Monday they fly back to Canada. Lots of travel for just a few days...

Meanwhile, Claire and I are getting some errands done this morning, doing some shopping and trip planning. We are taking the ferry to Italy (Dubrovnik to Bari) tomorrow just after lunch. We'll arrive in Italy at 8 pm and stay the night, and then get up early the next morning to take the train to Naples. From there we go to see Vesuvius and Pompeii.

Here are some more interesting pictures from the last few weeks...

The first is Claire and I at Ptuj castle with the town behind us. We biked around the lake in the distance with my parents the day after taking this picture. Ptij was very nice, not overrun with tourists!


The castle museum in Ptuj had a lot of interesting local artifacts. Perhaps the weirdest were this chair and table combination, made out of deer antlers. Rather like something from a nightmare, actually.

One of the most enjoyable things we did while in Ptuj is head out into the Haloze hills wine country. The tourist information there got us set up to visit with a local wine producer, 'Turcan'. They had some really excellent white wine, easily the best we've had anywhere on this trip so far. Also, they were very friendly and hospitable, showing us around their production facilities and cellar, providing a wonderful wine tasting and allowing us to use their patio for the picnic lunch we had brought with us.

Unfortunately you probably won't be able to buy their wines in North America. They do export a little to Germany and Austria, but they are not a large producer and most of it is sold within Slovenia. But look for it if you ever travel here! Here we are in the cellar and tasting room:

And here are some of their vines: