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| Becca and Deb |
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| Luke and William working from the inside. |
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| The Lord's Supper |
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| The snow slide |
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| King Matjaz |
Last Saturday afternoon, we were invited to help a team with Layne's boss to build a snow fort in a local village competition. We had no snow on the ground in LJ and we heard the kids could go up and play in the snow while we built, so we thought, "hey, this will be fun!". Little did we know what we were heading to. After a 2 hour car ride, we arrived in northern Slovenia, close to the Austrian border. Crna na Koroskem is a small village nestled in a cozy valley, that was begun as a mining town. As legend has it, King Matjaz is alseep in a local cave and when the appointed time comes, he will awake and take his throne again. He will need a castle of course, so every year, local teams build their best to see if he will pick theirs. There were over 100 teams ranging from 4 people up to what seemed to be 100. Teams came and set up camp for the day complete with camp fires, tables and chairs, and of course the local winter favorite,
kuhano vino, hot mulled wine. Some teams had members cooking for them and some had brought their squeeze box to cheer their teams along. At 10am, there was a countdown and the building began. There were 2 huge piles of frozen snow, that teams cut snow blocks out of the pile and hauled them to their building location. After these blocks were stacked, water was poured over them to make them smooth. Sculpting then began and as you can see from the pictures, there were some quite talented sculpters. While the building was going on, you could grab a drink at the snow bar, built out of snow and the kids could slide down the 2 story slide built out of snow. The town had been preparing for weeks. Our castle building was a family affair as all 6 Trospers joined with the McKinney family to build our castle. Teams built right up until 4pm, when all building had to stop. By this point, literally hundreds of people were pouring into this village to behold the snow creations. According to a local, this town of 3500 would end up hosting thousands of guests over the weekend. As the sun set, torches were lit at each castle and the village turned into a beautiful glow of orange and yellow as the flames reflected off the white snow. While our toes were frozen by this point, and we were ready for a hot fire, we all realized we had gotten to take part in a really fun tradition in this part of Sovenia. It was truly an amazing day, we won't forget.
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| Alex even helped out. |
Last Saturday afternoon, we were invited to help a team with Layne's boss to build a snow fort in a local village competition. We had no snow on the ground in LJ and we heard the kids could go up and play in the snow while we built, so we thought, "hey, this will be fun!". Little did we know what we were heading to. After a 2 hour car ride, we arrived in northern Slovenia, close to the Austrian border. Crna na Koroskem is a small village nestled in a cozy valley, that was begun as a mining town. As legend has it, King Matjaz is alseep in a local cave and when the appointed time comes, he will awake and take his throne again. He will need a castle of course, so every year, local teams build their best to see if he will pick theirs. There were over 100 teams ranging from 4 people up to what seemed to be 100. Teams came and set up camp for the day complete with camp fires, tables and chairs, and of course the local winter favorite, kuhano vino, hot mulled wine. Some teams had members cooking for them and some had brought their squeeze box to cheer their teams along. At 10am, there was a countdown and the building began. There were 2 huge piles of frozen snow, that teams cut snow blocks out of the pile and hauled them to their building location. After these blocks were stacked, water was poured over them to make them smooth. Sculpting then began and as you can see from the pictures, there were some quite talented sculpters. While the building was going on, you could grab a drink at the snow bar, built out of snow and the kids could slide down the 2 story slide built out of snow. The town had been preparing for weeks. Our castle building was a family affair as all 6 Trospers joined with the McKinney family to build our castle. Teams built right up until 4pm, when all building had to stop. By this point, literally hundreds of people were pouring into this village to behold the snow creations. According to a local, this town of 3500 would end up hosting thousands of guests over the weekend. As the sun set, torches were lit at each castle and the village turned into a beautiful glow of orange and yellow as the flames reflected off the white snow. While our toes were frozen by this point, and we were ready for a hot fire, we all realized we had gotten to take part in a really fun tradition in this part of Sovenia. It was truly an amazing day, we won't forget. 
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