A glance over the Triglav National Park

Some people are lucky.

These people owe little week-end houses in most beautiful places that offer instant access to top-destination hiking paths, cycling trails and mountain peaks.

Fortunately, those people kindly take their friends to such spots...
...when it's time for spring cleaning.

So there we were, on the edge of the Triglav National Park, where human infrastructure borders the wild alpine world. A few summer lodges, traditional farms and a bit of roads is all there is.

 

It was spring, which means cleaning time. The house (which was not the one on the pic above - that's just a random hut for storing the hay that seemed picturesque enough) needed maintanance and a thorough check-up to see that the winter didn't leave anything behind. 

Thus, not much time was left to thotoughly explore the valley, but still enough to take a relaxed walk to a pasture (where cows were still absent) and sit down, being surrounded by the blooming Crocus and feeling the nature slowly waking up.

Istria in Bloom

Istria. My favourite part of Slovenia. 

I've never seen it in spring before, blooming gracefully, smelling fresh and teeming with life. 

The photos will speak for themselves.

 The ladybird at the start of the trail announced the trip is going to be a lucky one!

We respected the Slovenian tradition of signing into a notebook when visiting a hike route. To access the small booklet, we needed to climb into a small rock hollow.

The lovely wild daffodils!

One of the wonderful viewpoints (though, the border crossing with Croatia was just under it). 

Even though we saw the cliffs from afar, we still managed to follow the wrong path...

...but we were glad we did - as we walked through the coastal forest, we found something special - wild asparagus!

Going back to the open, with our eyes trained to find the small, green, conspicuous sprouts, we noticed some more details around us

Even the tree buds displayed some beautiful colours (even you could see them only from up close - from afar, the trees still appeared asleep)

Soon we finally reached the cliffs

  Veli Badin - Ušesa Istre (named as "The Ears of Istria")

Wanting to spend some more time in the area, we walked even further and enjoyed the beauties of Slovenia, as a simple writing on a rock once said.