caves and frogs

being full of limestone, slovenia has lots of caves. the ones in skocjan were pretty cool, with the huge chamber and underground river. the postjana caves, on the other hand, were the most touristy thing i've done in europe. it felt very cheesey lining up with the slovenian, european, american and israeli throngs, mainly because it reminded me that i was a tourist as well. the caves were very cool, but sadly the most exciting part was the electric train ride to allow everyone to access the depths of the cave. weeee! the safety signs were quite a giggle as well.



in the afternoon we headed down into the hills towards the croatian boarder, in the hope of visiting a castle. but it was shut for summer. hmmm. even more disappointing was that the nearby dormouse museum was also closed. pity the poor slovenian dormice. they are traditionally considered to be the spawn of the devil, and it's a slovenian tradition to go out and hunt as many as you can every year one day in september. mildly whacking day-esque. there were old stone frogs in the castle garden too.