Our first port on the cruise was Koper, Slovenia. There were many interesting excusrion possibilities through the cruise line: Lake Bled (a gorgeous, glacial lake in the Julian Alps), Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia, some have said looks like a mini-Amsterdam), a visit to a famous Lipizzan Horses stud farm, among others.
We really wanted to see the Lake and the capital, but they were still quite a drive from the port, so we decided to take the kids to the Postojna Caves, which are the largest publicly accessible cave systems in the world. The advantage to taking a tour sponsored by the ship, rather than doing it on our own, transportation to the caves was included, the tour guide gave us useful tips about caves and our port town, she pointed out interesting places along the way, and was able to tell us about the history of Slovenia and answer any questions that we might have had. The caves were amazing (and of course huge)! It was also very cold inside and we were happy that we had been told by the tour concierge to bring jackets. We had hoped to explore the town of Koper after the cave trip, but we were all to exhausted by the time we returned to the ship. Fortunately our tour bus driver was kind enough to drive us around and through town while the tour guide pointed out interesting sites. The city seemed very clean, the people very nice, and prices were moderate. Final review- Slovenia is definitely a place that we'd like to return to so we can explore more.
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| The river responsible for the caves |
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| Kids playing while waiting for our tour of the caves to start |
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| Caden and I on the little train to take us into the caves |
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| Part of the caves themselves- photography was not allowed- so we stopped taking pictures |
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