Cousin Stanko and his daughter Petra
Andrew and my cousin Franc standing in front of Franc's apartments
View of snow capped mountains heading to Kranjska Gora
Gorgeous green countryside
Taken from the backseat of the car - snow piled high along sides of the road going up the mountain
Strič Jose and Andrew
Ella, Samuel, Petra, Polona
Corn cobs hanging on a rack to dry (Sevlje)
Dad's house at Sevlje
Neatly stacked piles of firewood (Sevlje)Monday 27 April 2009/Tuesday 28 April 2009
On Monday we visited my Dad’s eldest brother and his family. The following day we followed my cousin Stanko to my father’s family home on the farm at Sevlje where my cousin Lojze and his family now live. Lojze has 3 children. The youngest who is 6, plays the accordion. He learns it at school. Dad plays the accordion and we videoed Tine playing the accordion. Dad will be happy to see someone else in the family playing the accordion.
Wednesday 29 April 2009
We had to stop the postman to ask directions to visit the last two aunts in Podpeč because the house numbering was irregular . The postie made a quick phone call and then asked us to follow him and he showed us the way.
Teta Pepca procured lunch, spaghetti with delicious sauce, garden salad, plenty of Teran red wine, juice, coffee, tea, biscuits and potica. Teta Pepca said she would love to travel to Australia if she had the chance.
Teta Maria lives in the next street to Teta Pepca. Her husband does woodwork in his spare time and gave us a vase and a pipe he’d made out of walnut wood.
Teta Maria served a big bowl of strawberries and a plate of home made croissants filled with nutella and big glasses of juice. Marco, her grandson lives with his grandparents and he helped translate.
After Podpeč we called in to cousin Stanko’s house which was in a village near to Podpeč. Stanko’s daughter Katya plays the zither which is a stringed musical instrument kind of like a cross between a harp and a hawaiin guitar. It is commonly found in Slovenia. Dad plays the zither and we videoed Katya playing the zither for him to see. He is going to love seeing that.
Thursday 30 April 2009
On our last day in Slovenia we met up at Stric Jose’s house again to follow Stanko to Begunje which is Dad’s eldest sister’s house. The house is near Lake Bled which is a beautiful spot we didn’t get to see but we plan to on our next trip.
My cousin Franc turned up not long after we arrived. We went to his house and then he drove us in his car to Kranjska Gora which is minutes from the Austrian border. He showed us the snow on the mountain still piled 10m high. The road was serpentine-like winding up the mountain and he drove fast. I got a bit car sick from the drive and the heater was on so hot it was stifling.
He took us to where he lives in a block of apartments which he has built. He has sold a couple of them and rents the others out as holiday lets. He also showed us the famous ski jump at Planica.
After this we went back to Begunje where Teta Minka gave us some dinner. My cousin Willi was there. That was the first time I had met him. Teta Minka was telling me that she thought I had a good husband and Andrew was a good man and the children were fletna (which is good).
Wednesday 29 April 2009
We had to stop the postman to ask directions to visit the last two aunts in Podpeč because the house numbering was irregular . The postie made a quick phone call and then asked us to follow him and he showed us the way.
Teta Pepca procured lunch, spaghetti with delicious sauce, garden salad, plenty of Teran red wine, juice, coffee, tea, biscuits and potica. Teta Pepca said she would love to travel to Australia if she had the chance.
Teta Maria lives in the next street to Teta Pepca. Her husband does woodwork in his spare time and gave us a vase and a pipe he’d made out of walnut wood.
Teta Maria served a big bowl of strawberries and a plate of home made croissants filled with nutella and big glasses of juice. Marco, her grandson lives with his grandparents and he helped translate.
After Podpeč we called in to cousin Stanko’s house which was in a village near to Podpeč. Stanko’s daughter Katya plays the zither which is a stringed musical instrument kind of like a cross between a harp and a hawaiin guitar. It is commonly found in Slovenia. Dad plays the zither and we videoed Katya playing the zither for him to see. He is going to love seeing that.
Thursday 30 April 2009
On our last day in Slovenia we met up at Stric Jose’s house again to follow Stanko to Begunje which is Dad’s eldest sister’s house. The house is near Lake Bled which is a beautiful spot we didn’t get to see but we plan to on our next trip.
My cousin Franc turned up not long after we arrived. We went to his house and then he drove us in his car to Kranjska Gora which is minutes from the Austrian border. He showed us the snow on the mountain still piled 10m high. The road was serpentine-like winding up the mountain and he drove fast. I got a bit car sick from the drive and the heater was on so hot it was stifling.
He took us to where he lives in a block of apartments which he has built. He has sold a couple of them and rents the others out as holiday lets. He also showed us the famous ski jump at Planica.
After this we went back to Begunje where Teta Minka gave us some dinner. My cousin Willi was there. That was the first time I had met him. Teta Minka was telling me that she thought I had a good husband and Andrew was a good man and the children were fletna (which is good).
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