Fifty-one years of love

• Manja Maksimovič

Happy anniversary, dear parents! How good that you didn’t wait and got married just in time, or we wouldn’t be able to celebrate the grand 50 together as we did last year.

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Some images from that celebration I posted in my November 2019 post but today I wish to relive several happy moments from this summer when I was lucky to spend a month and a half with you in Slovenia.

First we were in Piran on the coast and then we moved to Ljubljana for father’s birthday. The last four days in Slovenia we spent in Kranjska Gora under the Julian Alps and it was just glorious.

One year ago we had no way of knowing that the coming year would count manyfold in terms of getting along with your partner. It is completely different if you are forced to stay at home with them. In this, as in many other aspects, you two are my role-models. Carry on into hopefully less dramatic future.

Here are some glimpses into our summer. Going through these photos made me really happy. Who says I can’t go anywhere as long as I have them.

  • Our Piran house and the Garden of Eden in Druga.
  • This is Druga. Summertime!
  • This is such a happy place.
  • Father stuffing zucchini flowers. The magnet above says: My family tree is full of nuts.
  • Behind is a wonderful sea food restaurant that we like.
  • Piran is full of arches.
  • To Ljubljana. There is laundry in Slovenia too.
  • A present for mother from her witch friends.
  • The present for father: a vest made from ties!
  • Lake Jasna near Kranjska Gora. Seems cold for August and it was.
  • Your fans from Tuscany.
  • Sister joined us for the day when we went to Planica Nordic Centre. We took the seat lift up from where they fly with skis.
  • Driving over Vršič Pass we passed the Šrauf memorial turn with many stone pyramids.
    Here he parked his car before an avalanche took him.
  • The beautiful view of the Julian Alps. Mother is in awe.
  • To many such happy endings. Trout at the restaurant Pod lipco in Bovec.

28 thoughts on “Fifty-one years of love”

    1. Ohh, John, congratulations! I know how it feels, sort of, since this May I had a grand celebration planned for my 50th too but we had to do it online instead. I keep telling everybody that I refuse to hit 50 until I can celebrate it properly. 😀 Thank you for your kind wishes.

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