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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM April 27, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:57 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:03 p.m.	Weather 65°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 108 mi / 174 km Cumulative Total 4207 mi / 6775 km	Lat: 46° 03' 25" N Lon: 14° 30' 59" E Elev: 1385 ft / 422 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Lubljana
Where We're Staying: the Sestava at the Metelkova Mesto (see tomorrow's dispatch for more information about this place)
Places We Visited: S(h)koc(z)janske jame (caves), Karst Region, Sez(h)ana, Lipic(z)a, the edge of Trieste (Italy), the Slovenian coast (Koper, Piran), Slovenian trains
Featured Site: S(h)koc(z)janske jame (caves)
Person of the Day: Borut, our guide at the S(h)koc(z)janske caves
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: a "typical" Koper lunch = franks and beans (?); Breakfast: Italian juice and pastries; Lunch: typical regional franks and beans with a typical regional Teran (red wine); Dinner: late-night McDonalds...; Olive count: 2063
Word of the Day: "Hvala lepa" means "many thanks" in Slovenian, although "lep poz(h)drav" means "nice greetings." When we arrived in Ljubljana, we were told "lep poz(h)drav, to which we responded "hvala lepa."
Tech Fact of the Day: the Karst region: Flat Count (Cumulative): 23; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 29


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