by Justin
I saw four swans on Lake Bled. One of the swans was an adult and the others were cygnets (baby swans). The swans were called mute swans, but they are far from mute. These swans paddle with one foot and rest the other on their …
Predjama Castle sits in the mouth of a cave. There is a hiding spot with access to a cave system behind the castle. The stairs up to the balcony are gigantic and hard to climb. Swifts cruised in and out of the eaves. Predjama Castle …
Can you guess what the most well known thing in Postojna Cave is?
It’s an olm!
If you want to see another olm picture click here: https://www.postojnska-jama.eu/assets/Obiscite-nas/Proteusova-jama/Postojna-Cave-Vivarium-Proteus-P-anguinus-1.jpg.
An olm is a salamander that looks quite like a dragon. No wonder it’s famous.
Olms are blind, but can sense electricity instead.
They are white, have huge snouts and red ear fringe that looks like coral.
Olms can grow up to 30 cm long and can live for up to 100 years and go 10 years without food.
Olms are very very cute.
Here are some of my pictures from this cave (my mom took the olm picture above… no wonder it’s blurry)!
Ljubljana has an incredible castle and many amazing churches. We could see the castle from our hotel room. We got up to the castle by taking our second funicular. The ride was beautiful and the view of the castle was amazing. It was the first …
There is a bird marsh not too far outside Ljubljana. When we arrived, there was a pheasant in the road! I don’t have any photos of it because it was running away from the car! It had a shiny green head and red cheek patches …
Ljubljana is a beautiful city with amazing features. Ljubljana is Slovenia’s capital. A river full of fish (and ducks) cuts right through the middle.
Riding a boat is a good relaxing way to see the river. The ducks quack as they swim by.
Seeing the bridges from the boat is beautiful, but being on them is special. The dragon bridge was my favorite, but the triple bridge was beautiful too.
If you see a fuzzy stalactite, it’s a bat (especially if it squeaks)! Nine types of bats appear in the cave. One is the long winged. There are no photos allowed in the cave because algae will grow. There is a funicular that goes …
Skocjan Cave in Slovenia is very beautiful. Stalactites and Stalagmites create amazing formations. Stalactites hang from the top and stalagmites come up from the bottom.They grow one millimeter per year.That’s slow! Different colors indicate different minerals. For example, limestone is white. The river that runs …
I recently went on a trip to Europe. It was fun! In upcoming posts you will hear about my experiences from Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Soca River, and Venice. I did things like rafting, rowing a boat, going in caves (and seeing olms and bats), swimming with swans and trout, and taking slow shutter pictures (I will explain how to take these later) of vehicles on or at bridges. I also noticed that many of the birds of Europe are similar to the birds of San Diego, like sparrows and pigeons. However, the crows and black birds are different (see European Hooded Crow, below).
Keep checking here for my travel and bird posts, and photos.
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