Three minutes in the life of a town by the river on an August day.
The river is Soča, or Isonzo if you ask Italians who are close, but this is the west of Slovenia and the town is called Kanal ob Soči. As we were passing it after a long day that that involved hiking, I called out the pretty-houses-and-doors alarm, so amore stopped, I rushed out and captured all I could in three minutes, and we were off.
I knew that I got some jumpers, in midair it turns out, and I’m happy to share them with you on a day when I thought I got nothing.
I could do with a feelgood injection, it’s true, but there is always something.
The need for a halt alarm when I saw this. 
You will see in a minute the need for bikini. 
Pretty! 
Quite steep too. 
This microscene caught my view. 
Jump, I thought. I would… 
My glance went back up. 
And returned just in time. 
And one more.
Manja Mexi Moving (closed) 
Halt alarm! Loved that. Wow, this town is lovely. I was looking for stairs down to the diving platforms. I would have jumped too.
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Yeah, Deborah, great to hear! 🙂 The light was just right. I was sorry I wasn’t 15 again.
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So great! I love your spontaneity and how it paid off so well! Those houses on the rocks are so beautiful and I always find it so amazing to see houses balanced on a cliff that way. And how cool that you caught that guy in mid-flip!!! That was pretty awesome! Congrats on seizing the moment!!!!
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Thank you, Lindsay. I was extremely lucky. 😀
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wow! Perfect timing, Manja! I so loved this, although I was taken a bit aback at the man in his little Speedo walking across the street. Was he not a jumper?
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Hihi, Lois, thank you. Well, I suppose he was just returning from the bank of the river after having a splash. I saw more people having a swim further up the river. He must live quite close. 😀
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That river looked delicious!
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Thank you, Emma. I remember swimming in it – but closer to its source – and drinking it freely and it was truly tasty. 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Very pretty. Not as high as in Mostar but nice too. And cold. Brrrrr.
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Oh yes, it was a hot day but that river is probably always very fresh indeed. I remember swimming in it upriver, close to Bovec, some 25 years ago and how chilly it was. And then I brought home a bottle of it and wrote “Soča” on the bottle and drank it slowly for a week. It was goooood.
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I bet. 20 years ago I’d swim in it too. Not any more. Now I need comfortable 24 degrees. Like in a spa.
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Love the photos, Manja! From the featured photo (great timing) to that magnificent clock tower in town. And yes … the gentleman in the speedo crossing the street caught my eye 😳
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Hahhhah! He is a star and he doesn’t even know it. 😉 I guess he must live really close. Thanks, Joanne!
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Such a pretty place! And ooh, so steep!
Reminds of beach on the rocks in Rovinj, where we used to hang out. The guys were jumping all the time, and it was a similar combo of water, rocks and a pretty town in the background. Ahh, Adriatic is love!
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Adriatic is love indeed. 🙂 Thanks, Marina! This is a river though, Alpine in origin, still quite far from the sea, so you can imagine that it’s not really warm.
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Those guys warm it up by stirring 😆
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