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Organic Life 2022

It's a goodbye! - Sofia (Italy)

11/11/2022

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For the last post, I'd like to share my idividual project, a podcast!
The main topic is European Solidarity Corps in which two co-hosts and I exlopre the programme and share our experiences.
I hope it will be a way to leave something in the farm and for future volunteers.
This is the link:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1bmGyfgcNtlvsESg88M10n?si=fad2e0b062b14d68
  
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2022 November, New steps. Vicky (Spain)

11/8/2022

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                  New steps are coming...



See u soon, but not here. Just around!
And remember:

“If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”

And remember 2:

We do it and then We will see.

Vicky
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2022 October, My experience. Vicky (Spain)

10/12/2022

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Hey, hey

here is a written experience that I have written for my sending organization, but also I would like to share with you. (:

See u soon,

Vicky
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The wonderful sunsets of Maribor - Thomas (France)

10/11/2022

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During our journey here in Maribor, we have had the chance to experience stunning sunsets and although we could think that it becomes boring at one point to look at the same sky over and over again, day after day, it is definitely not boring at all.

Everyday, nature greets us with wonderful things that we could not create ourselves and that is something we should appreciate. It sometimes looks like there is a fire ongoing somewhere far away, sometimes it looks like someone has painted the sky. We could look at the sky each and every day and it would never be the same.
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Autumn means orange! - Sofia (Italy)

10/10/2022

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As I already mentioned, I love this season and the two main reason are to find both in nature:
We get wonderful colors in nature and also the best vegetables!
So this is a salty recipe to live autumn in its best.

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Discovering Vienna - Thomas (France)

9/22/2022

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Now is the time for us to discover the wonderful city of Vienna. On our first night there, we decided on a vegan restaurant that turned out to be really cool! The food was tasty, flavorful, and colorful, and the place was comfy and friendly. After the restaurant we headed to Prater which is a kind of funfair in a vast park. We were surprised to see that the fair was almost completely empty that night, so we just walked around for a few minutes before heading back to the hostel for the night.
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The day after, we went for the whole tour of the city on foot. Although Vienna is a big city, it is not complicated to walk all around it in a day or two. There are a lot of wonderful buildings around every corner. Every time you think you have seen everything, you just turn left or right and find another either old, nice-looking building or a museum, or even an atypical building such as the Hundertwasserhaus which just blew our mind with its originality.

Although one or two days are enough for walking around the city, 3 days would hve allowed to visit more museums or the Opera for example.
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A simple recipe for my apple cake - Sofia (Italy)

9/5/2022

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My favorite season is about to begin (even if the weather is still preatty warm) and I'd like to welcome autumn with my recipe for apple cake.
Of course, it's way better if you use Matjaž and Maja's apples ;-)

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2022 September, living in the RV. Vicky (Spain)

9/5/2022

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Hey, hey!

today I would like to share with you the place where I was living during the summer and my personal project during this period.
I was very happy to move to the orchard and share this special space with my farm mates. It was the first time I´ve ever lived in an RV and it was amazing!! It let me woke up with the sunrise, going out and be in contact with the nature and also develop my personal project which is the carpet that you can seein the picture on the right.

Thanks for Maja and Matjaž to bring me this possibility and experience.
Now we are coming back to Maribor because it is very cold to be in the RV bur it was such an special period, we have lived a lot of beautiful moment living in the orchard.

See u soon,

Vicky
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2022 August, Krn Mountain. Vicky (Spain)

8/29/2022

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Hey, hey!
are you the kind of person that loves the mountains?
so this post is for you. I will show you how to reach Krn peak and the best route to do it.
Krn is a mountain of the southwestern Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is the highest mountain of the Krn Mountains. The mountain is located about 50 kilometres from the Adriatic Sea. The Soča River flows west of the peak, and the smaller Lepenjica River northeast and the Tolminka River southwest of it.
In the next map, you can see where are the starting point and some interest points like Lake Krn in half the way up and the option you have to sleep and stay during the night:
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Route details:
- Starting point: Dom dr. Klementa Juga v Lepeni (700 m)
- ¿parking?: Yes, there is a parking lot next to the Dom
Peak high: 2.244 m (6 hours)
Lake Krn: 1.394 m (3 hours)
- ¿Sunset in the top? Possible
-¿Sunrise in the top? Possible
- ¿Swim in the lake? Not allow

Sleep options (recommended to book in advance):  
- Planinski dom pri Krnskih jezerih (1st hut): Near to Krn Lake
  You can book online in this link:
https://www.alpsonline.org/reservation/calendar?hut_id=534

- Gomiščkovo zavetišče na Krnu (2182 m) (2nd hut): 15 minutes walking from the peak
Is not possible to book online, but you can call them to book
https://www.pzs.si/koce.php?pid=41
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We started the route at 11.30 a.m and we stop at the lake to take some pictures and have a good lunch with food provided by us. All the way is with signals and it is very well indicated during the whole route. It took us 6 hours to reach the peak around 5:30 p.m. The views were really breathtaking!!!
We were sleeping and seeing the sunset in the 2nd hut and it is possible to have dinner there but there is no way they can refill the water bottle so I hardly recommend you go with enough water otherwise there is no possibility to refill during the hike.
At 5 a.m we woke up because as sunrise lovers we really would like to see it. It is really worth it.
On the way, also, it is possible to see the rest of World War I in the "Soška fronta". This battle was fought between the armies of the Empire of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy.
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Hope all this information can help you!

See u soon,

Vicky
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August 2022 - Mrzla Gora - Thomas (France)

8/23/2022

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When I came back from my 2 weeks holidays, Vicky and I decided to drive to Logarska Dolina to hike to Mrzla Gora, a summit we had randomly picked on Google Maps.

Once we got there, our minds got blown by how beautiful the scenery was: mountains all around us, green grass meadows in the valley, trees surrounding the road, and a waterfall only a few minutes away from the parking lot (which, I have to say, was a little disappointing).
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The start of the hike was pretty pleasant as we were walking through the trees on a trail covered with pine needles, until we reached the hut which ment the hike in the mountains was about to start for us.

After a beer, we decided to hit the trail, hoping that we could reach the Mrzla Gora summit at lunch time. We were definitely not prepared for what was awaiting us a few kilometers ahead of us. Even though it was not a steep ascent from the beginning, the trail was still demanding as it was mainly composed of small rolling gravels that made each and every step a little challenging.

After battling against rolling gravels and slippery rocks, we finally reached the interesting part of the ascent: the point where the hike turns into a climb. At one point, when we reached the rockies, the trail became a way through very steep rocks where only a cable is there to help you pull yourself up, sometimes we also had metal pieces in the rocks to step on, it was challenging but so attracting.

So after a couple of hours of hiking and climbing we reached a point that was almost the top of Mrzla Gora but realized that we had to climb up to then climb down on the other side of the mountain to finally climb up again to reach the summit of Mrzla Gora, so we decided to end our ascent there.
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Once we ate a little something, we made up our minds on going back down, struggled a little in some spots, missed the trail, ended up hiking down 300 meters of elevation to then hike up 200 meters to go back on the trail, and finally got some rain. So as that was all exhausting, we obviously had another beer when we got back to the hut!

See you on our next adventure!
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