Selected moments from Loptoši™ 2014

Our holiday Loptoši™ 2014 to Slovenia and Northern Italy was a great success. Here is a list of highly memorable moments from it.

After a long and steep bike ride from Bled we were rewarded with an awesome view from the Talež hut (and cheap and tasty food).

We had some more great views from Mala Mojstrovka (2332 m).

Petrž, Palo and me tried to sleep without a tent every night. One night in camping I couldn't fall asleep when a fox stopped just 1 meter from me. I woke Palo up: "We are all going to die! There's a fox!" He told me to go to sleep. And so I did. In the morning none of our body parts was missing. Lesson learned: always listen to your older brother.

Roman, Veronika, Petrž and me bathed in Soča river that had 8.5 degrees. The fast flow made it colder, similar to wind chill effect.

Palo and Roman tried to catch a bug (cockchafer) with a string, so that they could keep him as a flying pet. It felt like being 8 years old again. They failed, by the way.

We had fun on the beach while the rest of the world hid before the storm.

On another beach we had some more fun burying Veronika, while the rest of the world followed us after realizing their mistake from the day before.

Some of us climbed their first via ferrata to Paternkofel (2744 m).

No Loptoši™ holiday is complete without skinny dipping, because otherwise we would lose the trademark. Besides, who wants to get their swimming suit wet? The lake was conveniently cooled down by ice floes. Still it was 10 degrees Celsius, a piece of cake compared to Soča.

The lake had an island in the middle of it, a perfect place for artistic photos.

We woke up at 4:30 am to watch a breathtaking sunrise from Oberbachernspitze (2677 m).

We had our first real-world encounter with llamas.

We drank at least 15 litres of Granko (cocoa-flavored milk) in a week.

Even though I was the one planning the whole trip, I was surprised that it cost only 230 euros per person (for transport and accomodation for 9 days). After all, the best experiences of the trip were free: ice-cold water, the Alps and the sunrise.

Check Google Photos for an album merged from 4 cameras including 3 videos. Since this is Loptoši™, beware of too many posed photos.