Yeah, flying above the Ljubljana Marshes again. But this time we were in a place we have rarely visited over the past few years, because this target on the western fringe of the Marshes is difficult, hidden and elusive. After five or six unsuccessful expeditions, we had more or less given up. Yet the place … Read more
In one of the previous articles we told you how the Ljubljana Marshes transformed from an utter, terrifying wilderness into one of the most altered, artificial, and unnatural landscapes in Slovenia, all in less than 200 years. What was once an immense, untamed wetland became a patchwork of drainage canals, cultivated fields, roads, and geometric … Read more
A glorious one. And an uncanny, mysterious one. It is easy to forget that the Ljubljana Marshes are, after all, a giant marsh when they bask beneath the prickly sunlight of spring. The land softens in memory then, appearing almost welcoming, almost tame. These two liftoff places are less than a kilometre apart in space, … Read more