On Wednesday,  we headed out for a 3 hour drive to Slovenia. We chose Slovenia because some friends told us how beautiful it is, and since it's so close, we decided to give it a whirl. The country has a surprising amount of hills, mountains, craggy cliffs, and forests. We caught a glimpse of the Julian Alps to the north, and they are still covered in snow.  The Julian Alps are one of the mountain ranges in the Alps that are amicably shared between Slovenia and Italy. Two-thirds of it is located on the Slovenian side, in the  Triglav  National Park. The mountain range covers an area of ​​4,400 km. Its highest altitude is  2,864 meters  at the top of Mount Triglav. FYI: 2864 meters is equal to 9396 feet in elevation. A little more than halfway to Ljubliana (pronounced loob-lee-AWN-ah), we stopped in Trieste, Italy for lunch and a walkabout.  From the main highway, it is a steep descent into Trieste, a large city that also has a very large harbor. In the picture below, it might be har