We needed to give the Dead Sea a few days to calm down so we decided to drive south to Petra via the inland route which meant climbing up and through the steep cliffs along the eastern edge of the Dead Sea. The road up and over was very narrow and extremely windy. It鈥檚 a good thing nobody else was on that road because getting past each other could have been dicey. ...
Flying into Slovenia is like jumping into a fairy tale. As you descend over the extremely picturesque mountains, perfect little villages start to dot the countryside. It seems like you鈥檙e looking at a painting. Everything looks so perfect that you wonder if it鈥檚 real. It reminds me a lot of Austria, and that makes sense since they share a border. Then you land at the airport and reality sets in. Slovenia is part of the Schengen Area of Europe so we didn鈥檛 need to go through any immigration or customs checks. We simply retrieved our checked luggage, picked up our rental van, and headed off on our adventure. ...