Grovel! Sorry! Mae ddrwg gei i! Cymraeg, yes, other languages… it is all I can do to pick up a bit of one!!!
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@Aran, this is The Concert Hall in Postojna cave. I bet I’ve heard you singing there somewhere! Where were you?! 
Then on … OK … we visited Postojna cave as planned and there was Cymraeg and English spoken all along since we didn’t want my husband to be cut off the conversation but then again when he iawned as he’d be sleeppy a bit he understood “Paid cysgu!” bit and stoped iawning … So Cymraeg has obviously good influence on him.
To my shame I should say I’m not totally messed up with Slovenian history but with geography too. I just wanted the river Pivka which runs through Postojna cave toward Ljubljana force to flow oposite way so badly … Yah, geography was never my best part of the school learning, even learning Cymraeg goes better then that …
Now we had fine time at Postojna cave and exhibitions there at the Expo museum that we’d nearly be locked in as they already had closed and gave us extra 5 minutes before we were escorted out … HILARIOUS!
Here are some snaps of what we were watching and @margaretnock and I were speaking Cymraeg and Saesneg along with that hoping someone else from Cymru would appear but we had to murmor Mae hen gwlad fy nghadau all by ourselves. Yah, Aran didn’t turn up at the end either.
One of those beautiful scenes in the cave among so many you can see there.
One scene from the expo where you can actually see how the cave was formed and all the stuff related to it.
And here’s something for all buterfjy lovers and for @ramblingjohn
A bit mor equiet day tomorrow with lots more of siarad cymraeg. Will tell some things (not all of course) tomorrow evening.
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You might have murmured @tatjana, I did my best when knowing the tune but not, I’m ashamed to say, all of the words. A bit of loud laa-ing from where I was.
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And we kept on saying how @ramblingjohn would have loved it all. Proteus, aka Humanfish to the smallest woodlouse, although not much in the way of wood in the caves.
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To be honest, I could be ashamed as I didn’t dare to sing the words out as I think I forgot some of the text … but the tune was fine from both sides, mine and yours. Well, we actually didn’t murmor but sang but in terms of cave echo I don’t know how much we were heard from the others at all. We tried our best though. And it was extreamly happy time. I felt happy in deed.
A challenge … next time I’ll be in Postojna cave’s Concert hall, with someone from Cymru or alone, Ill sing the antheme properly and I’ll make someone record it for you all! It has to be heard there echoing across the largest and most acustic hall of the cave system. Agree?
Yes, @ramblingjohn you should in deed be here …
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It probably would rot if taken in, if the caves are damp, bu I wanted to ask, did people ever live in them? Are there cave paintings or carvings?
They reckon some people lived in the entrances to the caves in prehistoric times, but not more recently. No cave paintings, but, once the caves were discovered in 1818 the tourist potential was seen pretty quickly and they were invited to sign their names on the walls near the entrance. This practice does not continue nowadays.
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So, as I’ve said yesterday, today was raining and we had more “quiet” day in front of us. We didn’t travel around but I and @margaretnock did (we hope) rather nice work for @aran’s blog. Then we all (including my husband and son) had some nice chat along with the dinner …
One last day tomorrow in hope to see Arboretum Volčji Potok (the biggest botanical garden in Slovenia) as the forcast (we’ve just checked) is sun and a bit wormer for tomorrow.
What will be written in the blog you will (hopefully) read if @aran chooses to publish our masterpiece (well Margaret did more work then I did) but we’ll leave you with this picture for today greeting you all Cymraeg style.
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Is that “Wolf Stream” (as in “small river”)?
EXACTLY! Da iawn ti!
Ti že govoriš slovensko! (as in Slovene, not Slovak. )
It would be interesting to travel to Slovenia and see how much I would actually understand!
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I believe you’d understand a lot. Well, that’s impression I’ve got until now.
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And you could practice your Welsh with Tatjana.
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Well, as said, we went to see Arboretum Volčji Potok, but as far as concerns me I expected (according to nice lady I’ve spoken with on the phone 2 days ago has told me) many more trees and flowers would bloom, but anyway … We walked the place and talked some in Saesneg, some yn Gymraeg. I couldn’t say it was half-half, but this time rather more English for my husband to understand some of our conversation. We’ve fairly missed @ramblingjohn again especially when we came to tri mochyn bach …
The rest of the time we had together we spent at my home talking and having fun with my 20 ambrellas standing in one corner of the corridor … 
I’ve also got the lovely cap from @margaretnock which she put the finishing touches to when we talked. Relaxed happy ending of magnificent time we had together and I’m sorry she already had to leave …
I never spoke such amount of Cymraeg and English in such short time really so despite my memory has big holes I somehow filled them with some new stuff I finally have remembered.
Safe trip home Margaret! I don’t doubt when she comes home youu’ll hear everything about my magnificent cap (since she has all the pictures) and my 20 ambrellas! - hehe
And, of course, some pictues for you to get some impression …
First of all … John, I have to send to you all the greetings from the tri mochyn bach … (sorry, they just didn’t fit into one picture …
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Then on a scene ffrom Arboretum where some tulips blooms anyway and there was an exhibition of Orchids and Cactuses …
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So, this is kind of wrap up for now from me. Blog entry eventually comes and I’m prety sure Margaret will add her share when she returns home.
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