Be Wanderlustful: Portoroz, Piran, Postojna, sLOVEnia

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Portoroz, Piran, Postojna, sLOVEnia

May 22-25, 2009 Sun+BBQ+Drinks = Memorial Day Weekend...in the USA :) In Europe it means long weekend and ample travel time! So Matt and I drove to Portoroz, Slovenia for a four-day weekend. It was gorgeous! There is a chain of hotels called the Life Class Hotels overlooking the water/port. There are 4, 4 star sister hotels and one "mother" hotel that is 5 stars. They are all connected by enclosed walking tunnels. I can't say that their standards were quite up to US four star standards but it was still nice. Portoroz is a big spa/thermal area, so the chain of hotels had a large thermal swimming pool and 7 saunas. We went swimming in the thermal water but it was cooler than it should have been and not as nice as Erding so we skipped out on the sauns...I mean, only 7 saunas, come on! that's nothing! Erding has at least 30 (or something like that). One evening we walked to Piran (3 km away) for dinner - we had awesome sea food while watching the sun set. On our drive home we stopped at the Postojna Caves, the longest caves (20km) in Slovenia. We rode a little train into the caves....flying through the stalagtites and stalgmites...literally ducking and dodging the cave growths! Then we walked 3-4km through the caves checking out several different rooms. The weekend was nice, relaxing, hot, and of course, too short! but a beach get away was just what I needed! Can I just say how much I loved waking up every morning to read my book on the balcony while the sun was rising and Matt was still sleeping....yes, awesome!!