I’ve changed the capital for the coast. Let’s follow the woman with the straw hat.
In Piran on the Slovenian coast by the Adriatic they put up several boards with vintage photographs showing Piran how it used to be, and set them on the locations where they were taken.
I’m sure I haven’t discovered them all yet but above are four of them and some other views from the last two days with mom in vintage showing the way.
Piran never disappoints. Not only parents and visiting friends, our Garden of Eden and Druga (= word play, ‘eden’ means ‘one man’ in Slovenian, ‘druga’ means ‘another woman’), ice-cream, rock music in the air from the homes around, there is also a certain kind of light when the sun is about to set.
The last light of Slovenia. If you want more, you need to proceed to Italy.
Is Piran a mix of something too?)) It reminded me of Italy and Istria. I definitely want more of it ❤️
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😉 Indeed, Marina! We do mixes well. I hope you get more! Thank you!
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Are Slovenians masters of mixing? 😀
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Yes, I have this feeling… Taking things left and right and coming up with something new. 😉 And the nature took care of it that Slovenia is one great mix: the sea, beautiful lakes, underground caves, lovely rivers especially the blue-green Soča, the Alps and its peaks and valleys, rolling vineyard hills, the Pannonian Plain with spas, picturesque towns and a city or two for some night life. 😀
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Now we know your secret talent 😉 Oh my, with all that description I just cannot help but be tempted 😆 Would you live in Slovenia if your man was not Italian?
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Maybe you’ve noticed that I don’t talk of the people as much as of the landscape. 😀 Nobody is perfect, goes for countries as well. 😉 It might be that I’d leave in any case, sooner or later.
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Eh… not really 🙈😆 haven’t noticed it)) But now I do.
True true. It is good to have it close, even if you are away, you can always do a visit. I miss sometimes that Slavic heart and I wish Ukraine were closer to visit))
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Beautiful. The then and now is always fascinating to see. I regret I never made it to Piran during my visit to Slovenia.
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Thank you, J.D.! I read your two Slovenia posts just now. It is worthy of returning. I hope you do. 🙂
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Thank you for reading. 🙂 Slovenia is defintiely one of those countries that is worthy of many return visits. 🙂
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Wonderful photos. I really like the bird on the rocks at sunset (sunrise?).
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Thank you, Dan. 🙂 Sunset. Sunrises wait for me in vain. 😀
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what a charming picturesque coastal town. Pity I couldn’t visit it last year on my Italy-Slovenia trip. Thanks for sharing these postcards with us Manja:). Regards Stef
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Thank you, Nomad Stef. 🙂 I love to entice people into coming over with my postcards. Maybe you’ll come back. 😉
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Yup, definitly. Slovenian coast and Istria are on my bucketlist. Gr Stef
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Can’t go wrong by following the lady in the straw hat! Lovely.
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Thank you, Jan. I think so too. I was lucky to be born next to her. 😉
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Oh how blue that sky is! Nice work play: Eden and Durga 🙂
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Oh, thank you, Sunny Days. 😉 I’m glad it makes sense to a non-Slovenian as well. (Only it’s ‘Druga’.)
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Just the person to follow! Love the old and new images, and LOVE that gull in silhouette at sunset with the God Rays. Swoon!
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Thank you, Deborah! 🙂 That gull was hilarious, they way it sounded! Sunset was a bit removed still. Love the light here!
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My favourite photo is the one of the woman carved in stone, but what strikes me as I look through this gallery is how quiet and peaceful the streets are – not clogged with tourists. This is how I imagine all of Europe to look rather than the congested reality.
I’m also struck by how little it’s actually changed. The city has successfully retained the historical look of its waterfront. Your photos make me want to visit! … a little bit of irony there 🙂
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Oh Joanne, it must be just my way of pointing my camera away from the crowds. There are here too, not as drastic as in some other places but still. This might be the bit of irony that you were thinking of. Other than that, no irony in the fact that you and all people of good will should visit indeed. 🙂 Thank you!
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