Showing posts with label Slovenia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slovenia. Show all posts

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Slovenia: Postojna Cave

Postojna Cave is a 24,120 m long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. The caves were created by the Pivka River. In 1872, cave rails were laid along with the first cave train for tourists. At first, these were pushed along by the guides themselves, later at the beginning of the 20th century a gas locomotive was introduced. After 1945, the gas locomotive was replaced by an electric one. You can see the train on this postcard. About 5.3 kilometers of the cave system are open to the public. The caves are also home to the endemic olm, the largest trogloditic amphibian in the world, and you can see it on the stamp below.

What a nice matching stamp! But this is a personalized postage stamp, and I can't find release date anywhere.


Thank you, Georgi!


Monday, January 11, 2016

Lovely day for a Guinness

This wonderful beer card is my first postcard from Slovenia!

Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 60 countries and is available in over 120. Annual sales total 850 million litres.
I love their beer, it's awesome!

This is one of the stamps from my wishlist! Postcrossing stamp is issued on 29.05.2015.


Thank You very much Iztok!