Drive to Ljubljana, Slovenia

As is our custom as we left Zagreb headed toward Ljubljana we took a rather lengthy detour off the main highway. As the trip was mainly east to west this time we went north toward Sevnica and to Bostanj, Slovenia. Sevnica is where Melanija Knavas went to grade school. She is possibly the most famous Slovene you know.

As we haven't learned Slovenian yet, we are not sure how any of these are pronounced so your guess is as good as ours. This small church was in Bostanj, just across the Sava River from Sevnica. That's our rental Fiat in front.

Small but pretty inside.  

The road got very very small, often single lane and ran along side a railroad track and/or the Sava River for most of the time.

Crossing both several times, either rail crossings.

Or single lane bridges.

We came to a train station in Lasko with an old train engine made in 1913 in Settin. And a World War II monument.

The top of the monument had been broken off, I think it had once been a star. There is a red star at the top of the names (most of the red gone). A little google translate and we figure it commemorates the hostages (talec) and partisans (partizan). Possibly members of the local communist party for their participation against the Germans during the war?

At times the road got very narrow.

I like this interesting bridge combination at Hrastnik.  

We passed farms,

we drove through farms 

and passed by a few small towns.  

This was Krsko (some of these Slovenian names need a vowel).

and then the rains started.

We got to Ljubljana in a driving rain which continued until early in the evening. Not a car driving rain but a real hard rain - like cats and dogs. Not like real cats and dogs but — a lot of rain. Some of our English idioms probably are hard to understand. The rain eventually slowed enough to go out to eat and see a bit of the town.

Patt in front of the Three bridges - they are famous.

 Me in a street - I am sorta famous (in my own mind).

The Ljubljana River, it is not so famous among rivers.

So you don't know who Melanija Knavas is,

the famous Slovene?

 She is Donald Trump's third wife and present First Lady.