Brda

Nikoli mi ni bilo všeč razlaganje, kako so Brda nekakšna slovenska Toskana. Toskana je Toskana, Brda so pa Brda. Vsaka s svojim šarmom in svojo dušo.

In tudi na tokratnem potepanju sva z Mirom ob okusni hrani v Medani ravno razpravljala o tem, ko zaslišiva tujega turista govoriti, da so Brda lepša od Toskane. :)

Ne bi se mogla strinjati bolj, saj je ta košček naše dežele zares pravljičen.

slika 1: razgled na Brda (z vasico Šmartno v ospredju) s stolpa v Gonjačah
slika 2, 6: slikovite hiše na vsakem koraku
slika 3, 7: dežela vina in dobre hrane
slika 4: grad Dobrovo, renesančni dvorec
slika 5: pogled na Šmartno od cerkve sv. Križa iz okoli 1500.
slika 8: Šmartno, srednjeveška vasica, eden najlepših kulturnih spomenikov v Sloveniji

I've never liked the interpretation how Brda are some kind of Slovenian Tuscany. Tuscany is Tuscany and Brda is Brda. Each one with its own special charm and its own soul.

And it happened on this short trip that Miro and I were discussing about that again while eating delicious food in Medana village in Brda, when we heard a foreign tourist talking how Brda are so much prettier than Tuscany. :)

I could not agree more, as this piece of Slovenia is truly magical.

picture 1: view over Brda (with a village Šmartno in the foreground) from a lookout tower in Gonjače
picture 2, 6: picturesque houses at each step of the way
picture 3, 7: this is a land of wine and good food
picture 4: Dobrovo castle, a renaissance mansion
picture 5: the view over Šmartno from the church of sv. Križ (St. Cross) from around 1500
picture 8: Šmartno, a medieval village, one of the most beautiful cultural monuments in Slovenia