Slovenia!

Ohh boy! I have been busy. Sorry about not getting this next one up sooner.

Here is a picture of one of the posters that were hanging around everywhere we would sing. Sometimes they would have the picture up from years ago, which for some reason, would make me kind of angry. I guess I have too much pride, and wanted to be recognized that I was in the group. I am on the front row near the middle.
This was the neatest place we were able to sing in. The ceilings were beautiful. We weren't allowed to bring water in there when we practiced because they were afraid of the damage the moisture would do to the paintings. (I thought that was silly because it was so hot and humid in there that I don't think it would have made a difference.

This is the outside of the building.

And me in the terrace to the left.

I decided to be adventurous and wake up really early one morning with about 5 other people and hike up the side of a "mountain" hill to see this pretty little church on the top. Here is the view.

I wish it hadn't been so foggy because it was beautiful.

Here is the little church. We all got to ring the bell in the tower and write our names in a visitor book. This is a really special church to the Slovenians and every Slovenian knows of it. We sang a song about the little church on the hill (in Slovenian) and it made everyone cry. They said that we pronounced it so well that they wouldn't have been able to tell we were Americans.


I took these pictures with grandma and grandpa in mind. Since Slovenia is so close to Italy, they grow really good grapes too. I thought they may be interested in these orchards of grapes.


A little shack next to the orchard.

Powerful me!

And the little church on the hill from where we started the hike from.

More Slovenian grape fields.

Okay... so this was actually on our way to Italy... so I can't say whether these are Slovenian or Italian grape fields.

This is DEFINITELY Italy! Wohoo!

We had a great Italian dinner at this restaurant. Mmmmm.

\And more Italian fields.


This is where we sang in Italy. It was a beautiful theater, with a neat stage.

Here we are back in Slovenia.

I just LOVE these ally pictures.... and I must say... THIS is my FAVORITE!

Here is the first view we had of the Mediterranean Sea!
Me and the sea!

Soooo cool.

The water was really warm... but there was no sand.

So it really hurt to get in, but I just HAD to touch the Mediterranean.

Ouch!

Me and a bunch of my friends.. left to right: Stephanie, Emily, Dave, Laurel, Matt, and Ashley

I loved the look of the buildings and the architecture.

This is the church we sang in in this area of Slovenia.

This is our German bus driver.

Right before our concert. It was HOT!

... as you can tell by my frizzy hair :)


They threw us a small reception after our concert. They were great hosts.

More of the country side.

Me in our Utah RED!

We got to go to a really neat cave in Slovenia. It was really pretty. Lurray Caverns is better though.

It was kind of interesting.. we had to ride a train to the middle of the caves to see the "good stuff" It was fun flying by all the stalactites and stalagmites.

Me and Stephanie.

A few pictures of the cave. My camera died in the middle of the tour.. oh well, we weren't supposed to be taking pictures anyways. :)


Another pink building!!

Here is another church we sang in... we were in Slovenia for a long time! It was GREAT though. Another place I would say to visit for sure if you are going to Eastern Europe.

We had dinner in this cellar type building. It was really neat.

This is a place called Bled. The lake was crystal clear, and the castle was really neat.


It was gordeous! Im sad we only stopped there for about an hour, but glad we had the experience.



This was my meal in Bled. Mmmmm. Crepes!

And that was Slovenia!! Stay tuned!