On my way back from a military fair today near Novo Gorica we stopped off to visit the newly built monument “Memorial to the Defenders of Slovenian Soil” (Spomenik braniteljem slovenske zemlje)
located on a hill overlooking the town of Cerje. This monument is dedicated to those fallen defending and protecting the land of Slovenia during [...]
Archive for October, 2006
For the Fallen
Posted in History, Sights, Slovenia (SLO) on October 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Gentlemen,…Lay Down Your Arms, And Pull Out Your Wallets!
Posted in History, Slovenia (SLO), Thoughts on October 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today I had the opportunity to attend a military fair. I had never been to one before this and was told it was going to display many items from the two World Wars so I went along.
I’m not one for war and conflict and personally advocate a non-violence approach and generally oppose the [...]
Gardens and green thumbs
Posted in History, Slovenia (SLO), Thoughts on October 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Note: During my walk around the Ring of Wire part of the trail went through and around some lovely private garden areas so I made this observation. It got to lengthy for the Ring article so I decided to post it separately. Fuller in-depth ‘Ring’ article coming shortly.
As I touched on in Feet on the [...]