After two weeks of rainy and unseasonably cold weather it finally started to look like a summer again, and we went on a plane trip to the sea-side of Slovenia, scheduling a short stop at Portorož before flying back to Ljubljana airport. The day turned out to be somewhat cloudier than forecasted, and the wind was picking up slightly throughout the country with every passing hour. Still, while slightly bumpy, it turned out to be a nice flight, and photos really came up great this time.

Map of Slovenia with plotted flight route	Piper Tomahawk PA-38

Flight details:
LJLJ - S3 - Logatec - PE1 - PE2 - LJPZ (full stop, 1h:35m)
LJPZ - PN1 - PE2 - PE1 - ILB VOR - S1 - S3 - LJLJ
Distance: 134 nm (248 km)
Take-off time: 12:04 CET
Duration (flight time): 1 hour, 38 minutes.
Flight Altitude: 2.500 - 4.000 ft QNH

Pilot: Robert Galle, PPL(A)
Photographs by Vanja Pfajfar

Preparing the airplane for flight	Departing from Ljubljana airport towards S3	Hills west of Medvode	Polhov Gradec is behind the hill	Horjul

The city of Vrhnika; arriving, over it, and leaving			Clouds were starting to pile up as we proceeded to Logatec

The landmark of Logatec - trees by the road		A few aerial photos of Logatec, our hometown

A few more snapshots of the familiar neighborhood

A very dark cloud over our heads abeam Postojna	A distinctive shape of Nanos		Looking down the Vipavska valley	Senožeče highway exit

Divača	The sea-side starts showing up, Italian Trieste on the right		Over the border, the port of Trieste	Viaduct Črni Kal, PE1 to pilots

The largest viaduct in Slovenia; 87,50m high and 1065m long			The port of Koper is coming up	Debeli rtič

One more look back on Črni Kal	Highway forking to Koper and Trieste	Passing by Koper, flying directly to Portorož airport

The Piran bay is visible straight ahead		Salt extraction fields at Sečovlje while joining right downwind RWY33.

Portorož airport	Turning to base leg...		... and turning to final RWY 33

Landing at Portorož airfield

Taking off an hour and a half later...	...and turning towards Portorož and Piran	Izola in the distance	The Portorož Riviera

Portorož Marina	The central beach	Panoramic view of Slovenian sea-side	Bernardin and the city of Piran

Making a turn around Piran, one of the most picturesque old cities on Slovenian coast

Smaller salt extraction field near Strunjan	The Strunjan cliff	Izola ahead, with its marina and shipyard

Izola hospital above the coastal road between Izola and Koper			Koper and the Koper port on the left	The city of Koper

Koper downtown		Ankaran to the north	A small bush fire by a railway was visible ahead

Such small fires are common during the summer in this dry coastal area		Slavnik	ILB VOR is showing on the hill above the lake	Ilirska Bistrica to the right

Ilirska Bistrica	Climbing over Javorniki hill range to Cerknica and its intermittent lake on the other side

Cerknica lake, with very little water left in this time of the year			Cerknica	Rakek

A characteristic indent into hills at Borovnica, with a railroad making a U-turn.		Ljubljana valley	A small lake near Podpeč

Ljubljansko barje with Ljubljanica river		Passing Ljubljana on the way to the airport	Highway construction at Šentvid

Turning to final runway 31...		...and landing back at the Ljubljana Brnik airport