Kobarid Museum (Kobariski muzej)

Our next stop was the Soča Valley in western Slovenia.

The Soča Valley is most known for its historical significance. It was the location of the Isonzo (Italian and Soča) Front during WWI, and the town of Tolmin served as a base. (The Kobarid Museum skillfully details the troubled and bloody times of the region, and …

... troops finally broke the Italian line. Although the Italians forces were driven out of the area and back into Italy, the part of Slovenia containing Kobarid was awarded to soon-to-be-fascist Italy at the end of WWI. There was a small museum in the town, ...

... this from a dry and warm perch in the front of the van, but parked in a soggy wet campground in Kobarid on the edge of the Julian Alps in Slovenia. We left Bled this morning, in sunshine with a bit of cloud hanging over the mountaintops. Pretty soon we ...

Cemetaries, forts, battlefields, monuments and a must-see museum about the biggest WW1 battle you probably never heard of....a wicked battle up on snow capped peaks in horrendous conditions with ridiculous suffering on both sides. Famous future general ...