 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, all.
I've been a lurker here for quite a while and really like your site. Snowheads was recommended to me one of your members (who shall remain anonymous unless he chooses to own up to pointing me here).
I live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (USA) and love to ski both in-resort and backcountry. In my younger days, I worked for several winters as a backcountry ski guide here, so I'm pretty familiar with our mountains and our skiing. If any of you are planning a ski trip to my part of the world, I love to show people around our ski area. Email me and we can hook up.
Now for the request...
My wife and I are planning a trip to Slovenia in about a month. We're leaving the US on September 22 for 14 days in Slovenia. We'll mostly be on a walking tour in the Julian Alps, but we're spending time in a few other cities/towns as well. I'm interested to learn if any of you have recommendations on favorite restaurants, sights, and activities in any of these towns:
Ljubljana
Kranjska Gora
Bled
Bohinj
Ribcev Laz
Mlino
Sezana
Tolmin
Kobarid
Bovec
Our walking tour will go from Kranjska Gora through Bled to Bohinj and back around to Bled. We're also going to spend a couple of days in the Sezana area visiting caves and my wife wants to ride a Lipazanner (spelling edited - thanks, beanie1) horse in Lipica. We're going to spend at least one day and probably two doing Via Ferrata climbs near Kranjska Gora, and I hope to go flyfishing for one day on the Soca' River.
So, any suggestions about things we shouldn't miss while on this tour are enormously appreciated. We love little out-of-the-way restaurants, we love wine, and we love fairly strenuous hikes. If any of you have any ideas for us, we would love to hear them. If you have info you'd rather not post here publicly, you can email me directly at bob@north40realty.com.
Thanks in advance,
Bob Peters
P.S. Come ski with me in Jackson Hole.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bob Peters, you're far too modest, lots of us know you here as an author. I'm afraid I have no knowledge of Slovenia other than driving through it so any information you can share would be a bonus. I'm sure there'll be a snowhead along soon with some information.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bob Peters,
Welcome to Snowheads. Afraid I have never been to Slovenia but hopefully there will be someone here who can give some advice. And I think you mean a Lipizzaner horse!
http://www.uvi.si/eng/slovenia/background-information/lipizzaners
I hope you continue to post here now you've started - I'm sure with all your experience you could bring lots of good advice!
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Bob Peters, Welcome on-board Bob. I too know absolutly nothing about your query, sorry, but just wanted to say hello 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Bob Peters, welcome to snowHeads 
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Bob Peters, Welcome, Good to hear from the other side of the Pond
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Bob Peters, I bet I can guess who recommended you. Hey show us yer pistols...... am I right??
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Bob Peters, How long were you a lurker for? Just out of interest as I was not a lurker for too long myself. But just wondered how long other people (and yourself) gave it before making the leap
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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ginger winger,
If you look at Bob's profile you can see when he joined Snowheads.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Mouth, Heh. We have a winner.
It was the Pistol-packin' Papa himself.
Thank you for all the welcoming posts. Very friendly (and sleepless) group here.
Ginger, I think I joined about a year ago. I'm going to try to be a little more active here because this is a great place to learn about skiing in Europe, which I've never done. You Europeans seem to have the skiing thing figured out - ride up one valley, ski a little bit, have food and wine in some little village, ride up another valley, repeat until tired, drunk, lost, or all of the above.
Anyway, thanks for all the nice messages.
Bob
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Can't help on the specifics of Slovenia - but I can certainly vouch for a warm welcome in most Eastern European countries. I go to Poland a lot and its really refreshing to be welcomed somewhere that hasn't yet been spoilt by too much tourist commercialism...
Have fun... and welcome to Snowheads - and come over one winter if you can drag yourself away from the amazing snow and conditions at Jackson Hole!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Bob Peters, Sorry can't help with Slovenia, but welcome to Snowheads
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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boredsurfin, I think our friend with the pistols may be away on business cos if he was around he would have something to say about that!
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Poster: A snowHead
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ginger winger,
Not sure on the exact definitions! Just looked at Bob's profile and notcied he'd been a member for a while without posting.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mouth, Probably on a training course somewhere exotic again! But he is one of our 'Hidden' snowheads so he could be here now and we wouldn't know! 
No! Just checked he's back on Wednesday.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Bob Peters, welcome!
You may remember me from the Bear Gathering in Jan 04...many thanks for showing us around and for a good party! (and I'll be back to ski Corbett's...)
I'm from Eastern Europe but never been to Slovenia...trying to work out right now if I have any friends who went there...if I do I'll let you know.
Hope you enjoy your trip there...
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stanton, I expect he's going to Postojnska jama.
Wine: Look for Šipon (aka Furmint or Mosler elsewhere) and the fruit brandies. The reds are chancy. EDIT: feel free to give the Laški Rizling a miss. The beer is great; the hops are exceptional.
The Elan factory in Begunje might be worth a visit if you're a real gearhead.
If you have the time, you might get a Croatian visa and visit the Roman forum in Pula.
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Bob Peters, Welcome
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Bob Peters, do I know you
(People - if you ever get to Jackson, buy this man a drink, but if he invites you round to his condo, watch out for the wild Moose...)
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Wear The Fox Hat,
I don't know. Somehow that moniker seems vaguely familiar. Perhaps we *have* met. And I certainly second the suggestion about buying me a drink - I'll never turn that down.
Thanks again to all of you for the kind words and for the advice on Slovenia. We're really getting excited about our tour.
Bob
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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hi Bob,
Met and skied with you and Ruth(?) many years ago in Jackson, welcome to Snowheads!
regards,
greg
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FAQ
If you're out hiking and its anything like Austria there should be plenty of Mountain Huts where you can get refreshments and food (apart from hot meals it is often pleasant to try a plate of local cold smoked meats and cheeses, washed down with some local wine). I know the adjacent area of Austria called Burgenland produces plenty of wine, so I would be amazed if Slovenia didn't also produce some 