With some imagination (ok, you need a lot of it) you can see Portorož Airport on the left and Sečovlje Salina Nature Park on the right - and there's Portorož in the distance.

Z nekaj domišljije (ok, potrebno jo je kar nekaj) lahko vidite portoroško letališče na levi in Naravni park Sečoveljske soline na desni - v daljavi pa Portorož.

The water was very muddy and dirty (preparing for paddling on the Ganges river, haha).

Voda je bila zelo blatna in umazana (priprave za veslanje po Gangesu,haha).

No salt on the salt pans - obviously I came at the wrong time.

Soline brez soli - očitno sem prišel ob nepravem času.


End of the Channel Dragonja (Canal Grande - Drnica) and entry to Gulf of Piran.

Konec kanala Dragonja (Kanal Grande - Drnica) in vstop v Piranski zaliv.

St. Bartholomew Channnel - some sort of illegal port and also the graveyard for the boats.

Kanal Sv. Jerneja - nekakšno nelegalno pristanišče in hkrati tudi ladijsko (čolni, jadrnice in podobne barke) pokopališče.

New bridge for the entry to the Natural Park and some LDP (lay down paddling) for me.

Nov most za vstop v Naravni park in nekaj ležečega veslanja zame.

Yes, the name of my SUP is Explorer ;)

Ja, ime mojega SUPa je Raziskovalec (Explorer).

End of the joy.

Konec veselja.

"Only" 1.6 km SUW (stand up walking) to the finish line where I left my car.

"Samo" še 1,6 km hoje do ciljne črte kjer sem pustil avto.

Before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, the name day of St Gregory (12 March) was considered the first day of spring. The spring, which brought longer days, and more light and warmth, was also welcomed by the iron forgers. The days became longer and they no longer needed artificial light at their work. Therefore, as a symbolic gesture, lamps were thrown into the water on the eve of St Gregory's Day.

On 11 March of every year, on the eve of St Gregory's Day,  the arrival of spring is celebrated at dusk - the Lipnica Stream in the village of Kamna Gorica is illuminated with candles affixed to the floating art creations of local children. 



Pozdrav pomladi je tradicionalna prireditev, ki poteka pred praznikom Sv. Gregorja, obuja pa star običaj, po katerem so obrtniki po vodi spuščali lesene cokle z gorečimi svečkami, kar je pomenilo, da se veselijo, ker pri delu ne bodo več potrebovali luči. Sveti Gregor v ljudskem izročilu namreč velja za začetnika pomladi, saj se je po starem (julijanskem) koledarju na dan njegovega godu (12. marec) začenjala pomlad.