... Austrian Trip with a peep into Slovenia and Croatia
We have been busy. Robert and Marion returned to Bremmen in Germany leaving us in Arriach on their farm. It was great watching some of the World Cup football with an obvious German fan. Tomorrow night we are going to venture to the little village below us to watch the final!
We have been fortunate to meet some really 'zuper' people on our trip but especially a wonderful family that has a Wagyu cattle farm and a number of horses. Robert is in the process of wanting to breed Wagyu's on the farm in Arriach...so.... they took us to this wonderful place and we have never tasted such a delicious rib-eye. I was asked to take photographs of ranch-life and animals as it were, which was great. Last but not least, Peter has got two birds of prey - a harrier and a golden eagle. My dream life of owning a piece of land and doing falconry has been re-kindled!
This submission is going to be more of a photographic journal of places and things we have experienced. I have not done any fishing yet - but still hoping to flick a fly this coming Friday or Saturday.... and then back the following week.
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| Introducing Boris - the incredible golden eagle. |
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| Peter giving me the chance of handling the eagle. |
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| A dream of getting so close to a golden Eagle and feeling relatively safe |
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| Boris - an exquisite pose with wings outstretched. Females can be 35% larger. |
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| The handling of cattle is mostly done with horses in full cowboy gear! |
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| Peter and Petra on their ranch of Wagyu cattle and quarter horses |
We went for just over a week to Slovenia and Croatia. This was our first marvel of beauty as we entered Slovenia from Treviso in Italy.... the water... the water .... the water. We fell in love with Slovenia - the rivers, forests, lakes...
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| On the way from Trevisio to Kransjka Gora |
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| Castle on Lake Bled - beautiful swimming! |
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| The Soca River - it had my attention! |
Lipica Stud Farm - the origin of the Lipizzan horse
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| Rovinj in Istria on the west coast of Croatia very close to Italy. |
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| The incredible lakes and waterfalls of Plitvice Lakes National Park |
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| ahh - imagine swimming. Definitely not allowed UNESCO World Heritage site |
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| more waterfalls... |
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| We came across a couple of snakes, loads of mice - NO bears or wolves! Sadly! |
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| Whole trees fully submerged - there is a reason people say don't dive into dams! |
We spent 3 nights in Tisno in Croatia which is on the way to Murter Island, just to the east of Zadar. Beautiful swimming and chill time. Lovely seafood. We spent a day on a boat going to islands in a national park - a lovely beach, but no wildlife and hot. I dont even think goats would live on these islands and it took us 3 hours either way.... mmm
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| Our view from our apartment! |
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| A sandy bottom beach... a vision. Notice we are in the shade of the tree! |
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