Triglavski National Park covers 3% of Slovenia. The mountains in the park are part of the region known as the Julian Alps. Triglav is the highest peak in the park.
Slap Pericnik (slap means waterfall in Slovenian) is inside the park 6 miles from Mojstrana in the Vrata valley. Another road into the park from Kranjska Gora (the village 7 miles west of Mojstrana) crosses the mile high pass Vrsic. The 15 mile road from Kranjska Gora across the pass and down to Trento was built by forced labor by 10,000 WWI Russian prisoners of war between 1915 and 1917. In 1916, an avalanche killed 100 of the Russian POWs. The surviving POWs built a Russian chapel along side the road (now known as the "Russian Road"). Putin made a visit to the chapel. There are 50 hairpin curves between Kranjska Gora and Trento.
The sign says
Protected natural area
Republic Slovenia
Republic Slovenia
TRIGLAVSKI
National Park
The sign says
Pericnik Waterfall
natural interest
It is possible to walk a trail behind the waterfall
if you do not mind some mist and dripping water
and having to duck under a low ledge.
A view to The Julian Alps in the park from the
road between Mojstrana and Kranjska Gora.
View from a park in Kranjska Gora
near the village center.
The Russian Chapel about 5 miles
into the park on the Russian Road.
A picture of Russian POWs in front of the
completed chapel.
A view from the road leading to Vrsic pass.
A view near Vrsic Pass.
Views from a roadside recreation area
just outside of Kranjska Gora.
Back in Kranjska Gora
mid afternoon coffee and dessert at a village restaurant.
Two coffees + a pan of warm German potatoe salad
+ a crepe filled with ice cream with warm wild berries
10.70 Euro
High school students in Kranjska Gora
training for nordic ski competition.
Gasilski Dom = Fire House
Sign outside of a restaurant.
Slovenians are excellent with English. Our hosts and all of the
store clerks and waiters we interacted with could understand and speak
some English. One of the clerks explained that they teach English
in the schools and they consider it the "world language" and
important to know to promote tourism.
Many of historical markers and other signs are in both
Slovenian and English.
