Materija lowland is a long dry limestone valley in the southwestern Slovenia, leading from the Karst edge above Trieste towards Rijeka and the Kvarner gulf. The streams that flow from the unpermeable flysch hills of Brkini that created deep blind valleys on contact with the limestone disappear into karst underground. And on the edge of … Read more
We went – again – to the high karst plateau of Bloke south of Ljubljana to catch the last warm sun rays and the nice wind that caresses the forested landscape – and try to survey a purported little Bronze Age hillfort. Bloke high plateau in its golden autumn glory While the hillfort proved elusive … Read more
The legend of Laurentius, one of the seven deacons of Rome, is quite amusing (for a martyrdom story) – when he was tortured on a gridiron over the fire, he called out: “Turn me over, I’m well done on this side!” … Thus he is a patron saint of cooks and comedians. Saint Lawrence is … Read more
Planina Polje – Planina karst field – is a classic example of this geological feature – a flat-bottomed depression over which a river Unica slowly meanders from its emergence from the Planina cave towards the sinkholes at the other end of the field. Kite aerial view towards the southern end of Planina polje Last time … Read more
Finally a good wind forecast made us pack the gear, and there were favourable conditions for some near infrared aerial archaeology … So we drove again to “our” place near the medieval castle Kalc in the upper Pivka valley, to determine where exactly – and if at all – once stood an Iron age settlement … Read more
Urban KAP – flying a kite with a camera in the city – is always fun … the wind is completely unpredictable, the turbulences are having a blast, the high rises, power lines, streets and people are just waiting for a kite to crash into them … and every tree is of course an evil … Read more
Just east of Ljubljana, between the villages of Dol and Podgrad, there is an interesting natural phenomenon – a triple river confluence. In a couple hundred meters two rivers flow into Sava river, first Kamniška Bistrica from left and then Ljubljanica from right. Looking west towards Ljubljana We tried to get this triple confluence from … Read more
Well, since we are a bit crazy, guess what we did after an exhausting day of flying kites at the 4th IKF Slovenia – Vrhnika 2020? We went out and fly some more! We chose our favourite spot in the middle of Ljubljana Marshes landscape park, and this open space allowed us to do some … Read more
We did it again! One of the most important task of a kite club is nurturing and spreading the culture of kite flying. So we were very excited when the Ivan Cankar Instutute of culture, tourism and sport in Vrhnika – a town some 30 km southwest from Ljubljana – called us and asked if … Read more
Zaplana is a hilly karst plateau southeast from Ljubljana, above Vrhnika. It is a remote, peaceful and wild part of Slovenia, where small settlements and lone homesteads dot the meadows, and deep forests are covering most of the hills. There is an ongoing effort to revitalize an old farming homestead, preserving ways of life as … Read more