Better Days: A Drive By

This is a clip I took today driving in the very rural parts of Slovenia, we got way off the beaten path and were driving through these little villages so I caught one on my camera video as I was not driving today. We did eventually make it back to the highway and civilisation.

I thought Citizen King’s “I’ve seen better days” was fitting for this little village and (and our day today in general) much of this changing demographics in this area is leaving the country villages to just be “ghost towns”. I’ll write more about that at another time.

This one took only 23 seconds to drive through from beging to end.

For those not familiar with this part of Europe, yes, these are the road conditions at times. Sharp blind turns, no front lawns, curbs, sidewalks or even painted lines on the road. Not many other commuters (or people in the town it seems) though, so you got the road to yourself, that is unless a logging truck comes roaring through in the other direction!

I’ve been driving around here for years now that I do not even notice much till I see it played back like this and then I realise how undeveloped some parts of these countries are. The village was also very topical with the square “shoebox” houses that are very common here.

This is really rural and not at all accurate of the whole country by any means, I just thought it would be a neat little experience to add to XYZone Video. Your comments are always welcome.