it sounds like walkthrough for indiana jones

I forgot this name. I saw them, and it is beautiful. I would add Vogel (if that's correct name) as from there you can have great view on rest of the Alps. :D

I love your ideas. I'll be coming in August, by plane (intend to rent a car on place). And I will be coming with my husband and daughter, so we probably will stay in a hotel, but thanks for your hospitality Sebastianos! I really appreciate it.

@Playbahnosh, I have visited Hungary maaany times. It is a very beautiful country indeed. That is my second option. I usually stay in Siofok (or something like that).

And going to Australia would probably ruin my budget.

I whish I have that great expirance from Hungary...

My expirance was: 14 days, 2 hours 45 minutes of horror. :blink: We were carantined and closed in old Hungarian army camp. Russian army camp was better, so Hungarian army moved out. (so you can imagine what kind of room we had)

Well, I was one of those who jumped from the second floor and got away for a day or two just not to be closed again. :D

There are a lot of fun paces in Croatia, try some of the islands or bigger cities on the coast, I recommend Rab, Rijeka, Zadar, Pula, or Pag. I dont know about Slovenija

Istra, has a lot of nice places, pitoresque towns, they compare it to Toscany, also there's a good film festival in August in one of the towns there - Motovun, and Istra is close to Slovenia if you plan on visiting both countries...
I don't much about Dalmatia's beatuies because I haven't been there...

When is 'Sinjska Alka'?

Also in August, yeah that's a tradition worth seeing too I guess...

Well, if you're landing in Slovenia this may be a slight problem, but seeing as both Rainwife and I are free in August we should deffinetly work something out. I never knew you had a child (how old is she?). Depending on her age the itinerary should probably change a bit (it should be less full and at somewhat different location) - you should probably leave out the Dolenjska castles then (the monasteries and castles really wouldn't be too suited for a little child. If she's over the age of 4/5 then there's no problem!

With a child you should deffinetly go to Celje and visit Herman's brlog (it's a children museum - very popular) and probably have a stay at Aqualand (it used to be a thermal spa, but is now a water-fun park). It would be one of the locations on the way from Brežice (Čatež) towards Slovenska Bistrica.

There's lots of other things I could recomend, if you tell me what interests you (and I've been showing Slovenia around to many people already and they've all been very impressed with the country, so I know what's worth seeing).

If you wan't I can PM you my phone number just in case anything goes wrong (after all the furthest location in Slovenia is only a five hour drive away from where I am), so if you run into any trouble...

August, huh? crowded roads....

Istra and dalmatia is hot, hot, hot... be sure to take the swimsuit with you :)