Hike to Austria & Italy ~ Slovenia Day 5

We were back to setting the alarm today, so it was up at 6am so we could hike to the summit of Tromeja - the point where Slovenia, Austria and Italy meet. Suzanne loves seeing where places meet - on our first road trip together - 30 years ago (yowza!!) - we went hours out of our way so she could see the Four Corners in the US and could be in four states at once - yay!

We drove to Ratece....

...parked, and walked through the town.....

....to the trailhead, starting our hike at 10am. It was pretty much a steep and rocky path through the trees...

....with the occasional amazing view behind us......

...which eventually led to a gravel road (not the most interesting terrain to hike)......

...again, with some views....

Then the steep switchbacks began, 31 if one believes the tree stump - they were counted down as we hiked - not sure if that was motivating or not.....

At 11:30am we arrived to the triple-boarder! Lots of monuments to mark the spot!

There we are - in three countries at once! 😀

There were some great views too - mostly of Austria....

We left around 11:45am and hiked back, getting done at 1pm.  For the last half of our hike out, we chatted with another lovely Slovenia couple - again, sharing facts and knowledge of the US and Slovenia. It is interesting how people here are so impressed that we are here from the US - we think Slovenia is a bit "yet to be discovered." 

See the arrow? This is where we hiked.

We drove around a bit before leaving the area.  As we were leaving, Brad said, "Wonder what's down the road to the left?" So we went......

We didn't go in as we didn't have our passports (probably not needed anyway).

Oh, so the hay is dried on hayracks, which is so interesting - looks like a lot of work to get the hay over the poles.....but what do we know. 😁