Jesenice, a city of flowers and steel, right in the heart of a beautiful alpine valley - is an unforgettable scene. Heavy industry, rusty railroads, enormous steel plants all embedded in tons of concrete. It shocks me every single time - still it's just part of our history and heritage and sometimes I find the city quite imposing. Well before I get carried away.. last week we decided to try something new and drove to Jesenice, made a right turn at the footsteps of the biggest steel plant Jesenice can offer and fired Leon's KIA above the smog. One would be surprised that after only a few-minute drive, you find yourself in the middle of crystal-white mountains - completely intact by civilization.
Struška (1944m) is actually a beautiful plateau, which is part of the long Karavanke ridge that separates Slovenia and Austria. It's very gently sloped on the Slovenian side, however, the Austrian side is quite steep and rocky - sometimes even vertical. Together with Leon and Zor, we enjoyed great sking on compacted snow at the top and on virgin powder in the forests below, all together spiced with some chilly wind. After some adrenaline on the snowy road, we ended up strait at the car (a luxury which is quite common this season) and rushed back to civilization - a place we call home!?
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