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The Boats of Venice

The Boats of Venice

Venice has boats instead of cars, so I decided to write a post about it. I got to ride on a ton of boats in Venice. The water taxi is the most expensive, the fastest, and the coolest boat in Venice (but the other boats were 

A Whole Lot’O Gelato

A Whole Lot’O Gelato

I ate at a ton of gelato cafes during my trip, but here are my top five. Europe’s gelato is the best I’ve ever had! Even though Italy is famous for it, Slovenia’s gelato is awesome too. Because I am about to move on to 

Our Family Photo Shoot in Soča River

Our Family Photo Shoot in Soča River

In Soča River we had our photos taken by Samo Rovan.

He had great technique and was very funny (and the windows on his car did not have a child-lock so I was able to open my own window and feel the breeze in my hair; my mom was worried that her hair might get messed up from the breeze)! His photos are perfect!

An amazing area of our photo shoot was Soča Gorge. I lounged on the rocks and watched random people doing backflips off of the walls of the gorge.

The river was freezing cold and crystal clear.

Dad held my feet while I took a big gulp from the fast moving water.

It tasted amazing (it was probably all of the minerals in it). We went to skip rocks on one of the banks (Dad could skip his rock all of the way across the river).

Then we went to catch grasshoppers in a field at the hotel. I caught a huge one and Mom was so surprised that her mouth fell open and her eyes were wide.

We saw a goat on a roof,

a horse rolling in the grass,

two eagles soaring overhead,

and one Slovenian farm cat (I wonder if they call them Slovenian Shorthairs rather than American Shorthairs).

Here is a link to my photographer’s website, click the link if you want to check it out: Samo Rovan’s Website.

Horseback Riding in Soča River

Horseback Riding in Soča River

I went horseback riding in Soča River and it was awesome! I learned how to turn, stop, go, and balance. (Thank you to the instructor who taught me this, I don’t remember your name, but you were great.) My horse’s name was Aura and she 

Soča River Rafting

Soča River Rafting

I went rafting in Soča River two times. We had a water fight as we cruised down the river. I smacked my paddle against the water like a beaver’s tail and doused the other boat with water! The river was fast, bumpy, and had huge 

A Publication About My Publication

A Publication About My Publication

Good news, I got published in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s magazine! I got published with a picture of a red-winged blackbird and a poem (I created them last school year). To see my poem and picture click here: BirdSleuth 2017 and then click on the green “Click for Access” button to download a copy of this year’s amazing BirdSleuth Investigator magazine. In the “educator” box, click “other” unless you are an educator. You can find my work on page 10. I used acrylic to paint on a canvas. I made the texture of the lake using two blues, one white, one silver, and a little bit of dark brown. When my mom got the email that the magazine was published, we raced to the computer and found out that I was published. It felt amazing to be published, and all my hard work paid off.

 

Vršič Pass

Vršič Pass

To get from Lake Bled to Soča River you can take a road with 50 hairpin turns built in World War I. At the 8th turn there is a small Russian Chapel just to the left of the road. The chapel was built by Russian 

Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj

Lake Bohinj is a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. As I got in the lake, fish swam by my feet and ducks flew over my head. We swam out to the middle of the lake. I rode a ski gondola up to the top of 

Vintgar Gorge

Vintgar Gorge

The funniest thing that happened at Vintgar Gorge was that we saw three White-throated Dippers (aka European Dippers) jumping off rocks, taking a dip, and popping up further downstream.

Next we saw trout lazily floating in an emerald green pool.

After we saw the trout we hiked down to a pool below a waterfall.

The pool was so cold I couldn’t believe that trout were swimming in it!

I didn’t know that the pool was so cold until I put my feet in!

On our hike back upstream we stacked rocks on a rocky shore sticking out halfway into the river.

Vingtar Gorge is spectacular!

 

 

 

 

Lake Bled Castle

Lake Bled Castle

Lake Bled Castle sits on the top of a hill overlooking Lake Bled. We got to see how people used to make books with a letterpress. I even got to try making something with it. Here is a picture of what I made with the