Today was a pretty laid back day with a couple of stops and then a drive through the Alps back to Ljubljana.  The car had to be returned and then we are taking the train to Zagreb early in the morning.

From our hotel in Italy it was only about 7 km to the Kobarid WWI Museum in Slovenia.  It had a short movie for us to see and then we wandered through the exhibits to see and read about the events from WWI that happened in the area.  It was not a large museum but it had great descriptions and some really interesting things to see. ( For more info see:  http://www.kobariski-muzej.si/eng/ ).  Then we went up to see a chapel to commemorate the men who died.  After that we went to The Kluze Fortress.   It has some information (much of which was said at the museum).  It was erected as a control post.  It was a little hard to picture it from it's glory days and it only provided a little new information.  After lunch we continued our trip back to Ljubljana through the curvy roads of the Alps- up, down and all around.  Glad I wasn't the one driving!  : )

No pictures allowed in the exhibits but these were in the lobby:  markers for fallen soldiers.

 The chapel atop a hill.

A painting in the chapel- it shows a solider protecting his comrade in the snowy Alps w/all he has- a stone.

Kluze Fortress

 

A revolving watch tower.

A cast iron shield in the wall.  A cannon could stick out to fire at the enemies.

Can you see the metal steps?  Look hard.  They're in the middle.  Yikes!