Everything just looks so clean, modern and well maintained, from the trains to the roads you passed. Really puts our country into perspective! Again beautiful scenery 😊

@JohnnyHooverTravels

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@@walterfillingham haha, that may be rose tinted tourist spectacles. I'm sure the locals have a lot to moan about 😉 Not sure if I would fancy using those narrow/low platforms every day! Best wishes to you, and thanks for coming along on another trip 👍

Thanks for taking us along on your trips round Europe. Fascinating to see countries like Slovenia

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@melturn5654 you are very welcome. Thanks for coming along 👍

I think we would all like a 'Canoeing down the Sava river' series Johnny!

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@spenny45108 oo err. I'll go get my paddles... 😁

Was looking forward to this video, and it didn't disappoint! Great journey in a nice train, in a beautiful but underrated country 🇸🇮👍

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@liamburke1741 thanks! I really appreciate that. I do love Slovenia. Would be very happy to return and discover more. Thanks for watching another 👍

Lovely relaxing jaunt as ever, thank you. Given the fares you showed it really doesn`t seem worth paying for first... Looking forward to the next episode - this really is our favourite channel at `& Towers` :)

Lovely review, that 9 hour train to/from Croatia sounds right up my street! (Or railway)

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@Timstravels01 haha yes! I'll meet you on the platform at eight!

Nice scenic video, wouldn't want to be on those narrow platforms when trains pass through at speed

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@Sim0nTrains i have been on one when a freight rumbled past. It wasn't going quick, but boy did it feel too close!

Another extremely good video Johnny. Throughout this video I was constantly going 'Wow!' out loud! My loudest WOW was when you showed OTOCE station. In this video you really showed your expertise in railway architecture. (Not so long ago Villach station was being rebuilt, so I am pretty sure that what you showed us is permanent!) The balance between 'trains' and 'travel' was just about right, except you did miss one important geographical point. Just before Godersdorf, the train you were on branched off from the Wien to Venezia (Vienna to Venice) main line. Villach is right where three major European cultures meet. The Germanic, the Slavic and the Latin.

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@Fan652w thanks for the kind words and the extra contextual info. You are right.. Otoče was a little gem!

Great Video Johnny

@JohnnyHooverTravels

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@@paulgibsonphotography cheers Paul 👍

My comment is what an interesting set of comments!

@JohnnyHooverTravels

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@@melvynbuckton6881 haha... yes. Interesting viewers. Thanks for coming back for more 👍

May I once again be pedantic? Ö B B. OOO BAY BAY. Like OOO LALA. An Ö is best thought of as OE That said I have totally enjoyed this series. Cheers, mate..

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@rachelehrenberg9231 ah. I thought the Ö made an Oh more into an Er. My mistake. Happy to take instruction on my myriad pronunciation errors. Thank you 👍 Thanks too for the kind words and for watching the video.

Great stuff (and wonderful memories!), thank you! BTW, do you know about the car train that runs 3-4 times a day between Bohinjska Bistrica and Most na Soči in Triglav National Park? You show up, pay the conductor 14 euros, and drive onto the train, handbrake ON lol, stay in your car on an open flatbed wagon, while it takes you through the mountains for a chunk of the branch line you mentioned earlier. Anyway, back in April, I rented a car and planned a whole day of driving around Slovenia and catching one of these trains in the afternoon ... the day was fantastic, but the train just never showed up. Couldn't find any info on why. Anyway, it looks wonderful from the videos I've seen! 🤣 Looking forward to your vlog of stunning Ljubljana! Cheers.

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@horsehollerer Yes, i was reading about the car train just the other day. Sorry to hear you missed riding it. I must return one day and rise the line! Best wishes to you 👍

@horsehollerer

2 күн бұрын

@@JohnnyHooverTravels Oh no worries at all, it gives me an excuse to go back soon ... plus driving around the Slovenian Alps was still pretty stunning! Cheers.

A very enjoyable video which brought memories flooding back . I took the same route on my way to Belgrade in the late 70s. The iron curtain still had a sort of influence on old Yugoslavia back then . My inter rail card cost somewhere in the region of forty quid if I remember correctly . Are there advantages in purchasing the modern version ? PS I do feel rather remorseful regarding my comments on the brutal structure that is Cordoba station . I quite like it and didn't wish to sound offensive . Looking forward to the next leg of your journey.

@JohnnyHooverTravels

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@@opagodaswirling9383 what lovely memories. One of my regrets is that i did not Interrail in my youth, so always pleased to hear the stories of others. Wrt to Cordoba, think nothing of it. Architecture, like music, art and many other things, could and should create reactions and discussion. Best wishes to you and thanks for watching 👍

Slovenia is putting much effort in repelling people from taking trains and this is a perfect example. A Flirt with sub-standard interior used as an international train with a commuter train schedule (thousands of stops on the line which is already slow itself: 2 hrs for 100 km is ridiculous, travel times were probably the same in the times of K. und K., when the line was built), while it's priced as a regular international train with all amenities that one expects. 1st class is a 100% joke.

@s125ish

2 күн бұрын

What happened to the loco hauled trains?

@JohnnyHooverTravels

2 күн бұрын

@@maxart3392 i must agree that it is a shame that the interior is quite so spartan. I suppose wrt the schedule, it gets stuck in the schedules of other trains on this largely single track line. I must check how quickly that EC makes it up the line. Thanks for watching and for the comment 👍