Rest day: e-biking on shepherds' plateaus

First of all, e-bikes are AWESOME! When planning our trip to Slovenia, I read about the high mountain plateaus with summer villages which shepherds have been using forever to graze their animals. It seemed like seeing them from a bike would be fun and even more fun on an e-bike (especially after doing some big hikes in the days before).

We got yogurt and fixings for breakfast at the market and then met up with Peter Hayes to do a fun bike tour on the plateaus. I actually got in touch with him through a Slovenian Travel Facebook page and we arranged to meet for a ride. He does YouTube videos and here is the one that he did for our ride. He planned our route, picked up our bikes and even made the video - all for fun.

Walking to the market in Stara Fuzina

Some of the buildings in Stara Fuzina

Stara Fuzina: it's so beautiful

Walking back from the market

A village on the drive to go mountain biking

Meeting up with Peter to go mountain biking

Mountain biking through a shepherds' village

Peter flying his drone

The Pokljuka Olympic biathlon training center in Slovenia

We biked on mostly fire roads

The sign for Planina Zajamniki, a shepherds' village know for it's incredible views

We e-biked up to Planina Zajamniki - easy peasy

Dan biking down a single track (made by animals)

Dan having a chat with the locals

Peter, me, and Dan at Zajamniki

A view of some of the shepherds' villages from a higher point

Our bike ride ended up at Hotel Jelka where we had a late lunch. The e-bikes made riding 18 miles with 2200 ft of elevation gain super easy, but we still worked up an appetite.

Our bikes parked at Hotel Jelka where we got lunch

Salad for lunch 😀

These are typical garage/barns in the region

We headed back to our lodging and had a chat with one of the owners, Stephen. He mentioned that a restaurant in town had just been nominated for a "best value" Michelin star restaurant so Dan and I decided to check it out. Holy Toledo! The food was soooooo good! We even had a sommelier picking out the wine for us. It was fancy pants!