Dinning in the clouds on Velika Planina eating traditional Slovenian Carniolan Sausage with Sauerkraut .
This was definitely a very exciting day, I had never been up a mountain before or ridden a cable car and I had never eaten as high in the clouds outside before either so lots of things got ticked off on this day. I can't say I was a massive fan of the Slovenian Sausage or it’s sour cabbage accompaniment but it was a taste I will never forget.
You can go up this mountain a few different ways if you are in shape you can hike all the way up or you can get the cable car part way up and walk ( this is what I did as we were with a four year old), or it is even possible to get the cable car up and then get a chair lift the rest of the way. Whatever suits you best really.
The traditional shingle-roofed semicircular wooden huts are absolutely incredible and I was told by my Slovenian friend that they cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Velika Planina is a herders’ settlement and each summer the herders bring up their cattle too graze on the picturesk mountain.
I find mountains incredible the way that you can go so high above sea level and all of a sudden be freezing. It doesn't take a lot for me to get cold and I was at the top with several layers on whilst my friend who I was travelling with was in shorts and t-shirt.