Before we did that superb KAP session above the amazing Debela griža hillfort near Volčji Grad, we did a pure kite archaeology session above a possible site that includes a long-lost Medieval church. The site lies just nearby, between Komen and Gorjansko, in the heart of Slovenian Karst, and the local name for the area … Read more
We said that the last post was the final in the series about Planina polje. We lied. This is Unica river, the sixth apparition of the “River of the Seven Names” flowing serenely across the plain. But can you tell in which direction is it flowing? From the hills onto the plain, from the forest … Read more
And it was quite a rumble … The Earth back then – some 12 million years ago – was different, but uncannily similar. Arabian peninsula and Zagros mountains just crashed into Eurasia proper, severing the Tethys from the Indian ocean, and Africa collided with Iberia, closing the Gibraltar straits that lead to the Messinian salinity … Read more
There are few changes of perspective that reveal more than the top-down view, the one that is furthest removed from the ordinary human experience. Lines of trees become broadly winding meanders, hidden landscape features are suddenly visible, secret dances of the shadows thrown by the setting Autumn sky are exposed. The northern part of Planina … Read more
One evening while listening to poetry reading in a cozy konoba on Prvić island, a sudden realization dawned upon us: Kites are poems of the wind. … So let’s see what aerial rhymes the wind poets of Zmajoljupci – Croatian Kite Association and KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia can muster together! After all the … Read more
The rains of Spring and Autumn regularly overwhelm the drainage capacity of the rivers on Ljubljana Marshes. Ljubljanica and other rivers and streams swell up and overflow, and the groundwater level rises until it’s above the ground. Huge areas get underwater, and serious lakes form. There is even a long-standing quarrel among Slovenian geographers: are … Read more
European Researchers’ Night is probably the largest popular science event in Europe, which takes place every year on the last Friday in September. Presentations of scientific discoveries and attractions, exhibitions, public experiments and lectures are available to scientific enthusiasts throughout the day, especially in the evening and at night. KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia … Read more
It was the best of times – it was the best of times … We spent five glorious days in and around a town in Croatia that is totally, epically, magnificently crazy. At first we didn’t even want to tell you where this crazy little town is, because then you all will want to come … Read more
International endeavours of KAP Jasa – kite team Slovenia are on again! Snježana and Žare of the Croatian Kite Association invited us to a fantastic little kite festival in a fantastic place at the mouth of river Neretva near the town of Opuzen, Croatia. The town is simply amazing, the people are incredible, and their … Read more
Strmca is a rather remote village below the high plateau of Hrušica, between Postojna and Planina – a small settlement far from the beaten path, away from most of the routes, even ancient ones. It rests dreamy in the middle of a concave field; a flock of houses settled in two rows, oriented perpendicularly to … Read more