perchee @ Celje

There's something cursed about the flag being in this town... or it's
just the impression I leave on by passers while doing stunts with the
flag! After all, I'm alone in this since people don't participate
because they're at work, or tired from work, or don't want to be in a
part of some internet movement... lame!

Anyway, I've been given quite a few weird/angry looks while trying to
pull some of the stunts. I even swallowed the tough questions of, "Why the
hell do I need to do this?" or "Shouldn't you get a job?" (which is
funny; I lost one not long ago - not my fault). But then when I got home
and the images just wouldn't open (which is weird, previous images are
there) - that really blew my hat off.

So later, my wife and I went out to shoot a few images until
the camera battery died on us... I told you this city and the flag were not
compatible!

The flag and the city of Celje:

After the September floods on the shore of the city's main river.


The way to old abandoned industrial zone.


The model is resistance!


The sign on the wall under the bridge says "government power is suppressing us". We thought it fits to the flag.


yeh, he likes it.


The flag in front of the city hall. Out of a big number of images, this is the best one that turned out.



A few days later I met with Ishtmail, Caramell, Dianne and
her sister for our tiny meet where we signed the flag and sent it on to the
UK.

Ishtmail signs the flag


Caramell signs the flag


Dianne signs the flag


Perchee signs the flag


The sign-up ended. Dianne and the other ladies later added
the bling-blingy flag patches but.. that's for the next flag holder to
post.


cheers-
perchee

Dianne @ Postojna

I wish I could do more with all the time that I had, but somehow life (also weather) got in the way, so these 7 photos are all I can contribute. It was very cool to be a part of this and I hope the flag will one day come to Slovenia again, so we can all show it an even better time.
I'll just get on with my descriptions.

September 13, 2007

1 Taking a bath

The flag was very dirty when I got it, it has obviously been through a lot before arriving to Slovenia, but even after scrubbing it, some of the filth just wouldn't come off so it's all a part of the flag now. Which is good, because it gives it character. At least it ended up smelling nice! After being washed it sat in the corner for quite a while as me and my sister could not find time to take it out. When we finally did make time, a problem arose: where to take it? Postojna is a small town with a population of a few thousand. Not much interesting architecture around (at least not in the direct vicinity of the city), not a very urban place and not very rural either. We just had to make do with what was around.


September 25, 2007

2 Downtown Postojna

First, we took it to the very centre of the town where an abandoned hotel set for demolition has been amusing tourists and locals alike with its proclamation for love of Spice Girls. It was actually done by the local graffiti artist possibly with the intent of pissing off local cops that had been trying to stop the recent flood of graffiti. It worked.


3 Postojna Cave

Then we went to the Postojna Cave, which is our town's biggest attraction. It's a system of caves spreading 21 km (13 miles) underground - at least the parts open to tourists. The photo was taken at the exit. It's not the photo I wanted to take but there were just too many tourists crowding around to do it the way I had planned. Anyway, the cave is the most awesome and magical thing ever and if you ever decide to visit Slovenia, you HAVE to see it. It has a little train and everything!

The rest of the photos were taken by the river in the park near the cave.

4 Animals

The flag and me, posing in front of some moss animals.They were kinda scary. I don't know why it seemed like a good idea to put farm animals on a river. Or why I felt the urge to snap a photo of them. But here they are.


5 River Pivka

Me and my sister holding the flag above river Pivka just as it is about to enter the cave (and come out somewhere completely different). It's basically the river that made the cave (and a lot of other interesting things on the way). It's not usually that dirty, by the way, it's just that there has been a lot of rain and whatnot.


6 Resting

After all that photo-taking the flag rested for a minute in our lovely park.


7 See you again!

See you again!

Dianne