1936 On the Continent

realise what the struggle for existence means. Fields not larger than asmall room are here cultivated for what may be wrested from the soil. Houses are built of stone, and many have not even chimneys but let the smoke escape through a hole in the roof. Bundles of wood and water are brought by women from afar on their backs.
    Cetinje
itself (Hotel Grand), the former capital of Montenegro, which you reach at the end of the ride, looks little more than a large mountain village, although it is now double its former size. A look at the large military relief map in the geographic pavilion is an interesting lesson in mountain geography. And a visit to the palace of Montenegro’s former ruler, King Nikola, will show you that the magnificence of this pre-War royal palace hardly rose above the standard of a good English or American middle-class home.
    Many like to return to Dubrovnik by way of
Budva
, a small walled town which lies picturesquely by the sea below the Montenegrin cliffs. Near Budva is St. Stefano, famous for the peace concluded there, and opposite lies the magic hunch-backed looking island of St. Nikola.
Slovenia
    Next to Dalmatia, Slovenia is the part of Jugoslavia most frequented by tourists. Like Dalmatia it has its attractions both in summer and winter, although its allure is of an entirely different kind. While Dalmatia in the summer offers dazzling heat, sunlit seas and excellent bathing, Slovenia, which lies in an Alpine region offers lovely cool mountain lakes amid snow-capped hills, mountain climbing and hunting. Geographically, Slovenia is a continuation of the Swiss and Tyrolese Alps, and its chief beauty, therefore, lies in the grandeur of its mountains, its sunlit snowy peaks, its high green plateaux, its wonderful deep-wooded or grassy valleys, and its charming, quiet lakes. With its deep Alpine canyons, its grand waterfalls, its pine and fir forests, and its numerous picturesque stalagmite and stalactite caves, Slovenia offers the tourist all that he is likely to find either in Switzerland or in the Tyrol. The cost of living in Solvenia is, however, much cheaper.
Hunting
    The extensive forests of Slovenia provide excellent hunting, and hunts are therefore better organised for thebenefit of foreign visitors than anywhere else in Jugoslavia. There are, in Slovenia, large estates whose owners will receive paying guests in their country homes, and in addition to week-end or longer hospitality will grant them shooting rights. Especially well known is the estate of Baron Born near Trži, whence frequent expeditions start for hunting deer, boar, bear, chamois and smaller game. Fishing, too, is good, for there is plenty of large salmon, trout and other river fish in the fast mountain streams of Slovenia. Mountain climbing is also well organised. Every village has more than one experienced guide who will take the visitor up the Alps, and there is practically no peak of any importance, from those of only 3,000 feet to snow-covered Triglav (about 9,000 feet), which has not either its hotel or its well-equipped mountain hut.
    In addition to these summer attractions, Slovenia is getting better known every year for its winter sports. The Slovenes are passionate ski-ers, and it would be difficult to find a place in Solvenia which has not its ski-ing ground. Slovenia’s pride, of course, is Planica, whose jumping board is the highest in Europe. On a length of 950 feet, and a board 12 feet high and 21 feet wide, jumps of over 300 feet may be achieved. A world’s record of 303 feet was set up in March 1936 by the Austrian Bradl. On a jump of 318 feet the drop is 170 feet, yet there is no danger whatsoever.
    Whether in summer or winter, in town or country, the visitor may rely on good accommodation everywhere in Slovenia. The culture of the Slovene peasant is on a high level. Conscious that they are but a small linguistic group, the Slovenes have been very proud to foster their national culture. Like the Scandinavians they are great readers, and modest libraries are frequently to be found in peasant houses. The resemblance of the Slovenes to the northerner goes even further. Slovenia abounds in churches perched picturesquely on little hills. And when you see a Slovenian family on a winter Sunday wending their way to church, the men in Alpine knee-breeches and plumed felt hats, the women in voluminous skirts, white head-kerchiefs and embroidered jackets, all set in a vast frame of sunlit snowy hills, you will find