212 Slovenian municipalities in August 2026 – Dr Jam Travels

Food and Drink

I basically ate twice a day, breakfast and a late lunch somewhere on the road. During the week, breakfast was at home. During the weekend, I had homemade sandwiches and canned tuna for breakfast, and once I had breakfast at the hotel. Then I would also eat some ice cream or some dessert (cream cake, donut, …) on the road. Cedevita was the main drink, a couple of coffees and energy drinks when I was sleepy. Of course, I always had a bottle of water in the car. Food totaled around €400, drinks around €150 (mainly Cedevita €2-3, coffee and energy drinks, coca cola and sparkling wine €20 at the end).

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I drove a 25-year-old Renault Twingo, without air conditioning, quite worn out, problems with the alternator. I drove 4,664 km in 16 days (292 km per day). I spent 60% of the time in the car, a total of about 90 hours. The average speed was just over 50 km/h, because there was a lot of driving through the center of settlements (30 km/h) and various dirt roads and serpentines. The roads are mainly in good condition (many cyclists). Among the bad ones, I remember the center of Jesenice. I drove at least 200 serpentines (Vršič 50, Osilnica 20, … there are also a couple to Vitanje). Roads that were a challenge: Solčava-Črna na Koroškem, Hrastnik-Radeče, Dobrepolje-Ribnica, along the Kolpa, a day’s drive to Idrija, … I spent €460 on gasoline. Paid a fine in Sevnica, 60€ and 3 points for driving 61 on a 50 km/h limit.

I walked 175 km, which is almost 11km on average (the least was 5 km on the last day and the most the penultimate day was 18 km). Excluding sleep and work, I spent about 60 hours in the municipalities, which averaged a little over 15 minutes per municipality. But somewhere I only stopped for a short walk and 2 pictures, and elsewhere I stopped for a longer time and also ate or drank something.

Outside, I was surrounded by forests when not in settlements (60% of the country is covered with forests). Lots of water (rivers, lakes, the sea, a spa-pool; I even got wet in some places). Then there were corn fields, vineyards, hops, sunflowers, … Lots of animals: deer (I almost hit one), a fox with a cub, a marten, a rabbit, a kite, a stork, a heron, swans … Unfortunately, there was a lot of road-kill. Of the domestic animals, I saw cows, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and cats.

Most of the time I would stop in the largest settlement in the municipality, which would usually have the same name as the municipality (this is not a rule, place names are repeated, usually derivatives of Christian saints). Of course, there was a municipal building in the settlements. But the center was almost everywhere a church (Odranci is an exception). In second place would be the fire station. Then, depending on the size, there would be other buildings (inn, cooperative, Mercator store, pharmacy, police, bakery, gas station, elementary school, pastry shop, health center, … it could also be multiple thigs in one building, among the new acquisitions there is a defibrillator and an electric car charger). Monuments and statues were also often present (NOB, World War I, independence, famous personalities, …)

Doing it in the first half of August had its advantages (long day, no rain, 5 weekends – in the end it didn’t matter) and disadvantages (extremely hot, up to 40 degrees outside in the shade, but in the car in the sun…, more work on the roads – also an election year). This meant a whole weekend on the road (maximum 17 hours) and during the week after work up to 8 hours. I definitely set myself a tough mission and my fatigue increased towards the end. At times I was quite sleepy and had to stop, drink some coffee or an energy drink. My concentration also weakened over time, so I got a speeding ticket and a points, missed a traffic sign and almost had an accident.

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