Summer on the Moor
Iška Moor nature reserve, a specially protected part of Ljubljana Marshes landscape park, is one of the last remnants of vast moors that...
Mystery Lake in the Height of Summer
Yes, the intermittent Lake Cerknica with its regular cycles of drying out and filling up is a very attractive place, always showing a...
Only Kites and Horses
The village of Velike Bloke lies in the middle of a vast karst plateau Bloke, a remote and wild place in the heart of Slovenia. Lying...
Unica River Revisited
So, in late February we visited Planina karst field and river Unica running through it - and we saw something strange in the bed of the...
Surf!
The Praia do amado - Lovers beach - south of Lisbon and west of Faro, Portugal, is a surfers paradise. The long sandy beach faces due...
A Barren Island
Island of Pag, Croatia, has the longest coast of all the islands in the Adriatic. Belonging to the Northern Dalmatia archipelago, it lies...
Borders in the Roman Empire
The precursor of Ljubljana, the roman Emona - Colonia Iulia Emona - was founded by Augustus in the first decades of the first century AD,...
Disappearing Lake Revisited
Intermittent Lake Cerknica, that "miracle of nature" as Valvasor called it, never ceases to amaze. Now the lake is in the process of...
High above Ljubljana Marshes (again)
River Ižica is one of the few rivers in Ljubljana Marshes that retained its natural course. Almost all the others were 'meliorated',...
Meandering river Unica
When the waters of Lake Cerknica disappear through the caves and sinkholes, they travel underground first to Rakov Škocjan, emerge there...
