Marella Explorer | Adriatic Cruise 2022 | Castle & Caves | Slovenia

Docked in Trieste, Italy, we travel back across the border into Slovenia and visit Predjama castle and then the Postojna cave park.

[@tony67jones91]

Hi both we've watched this video so many times we've now booked this tour for August on our Adriatic Explorer cruise thanks both 😁👍

[@andyandkirstie]

Awesome, have a great time!

[@amandabillows4716]

Wow, wot an amazing day. Tnxs 4 posting. My husband is looking into doing the same cruise asap!!! xx

[@andyandkirstie]

Do it!

[@awaywithpaul3423]

That looked an amazing excursion! Will make a mental note if ever we hopefully do that itinerary. Really enjoy your videos

[@andyandkirstie]

Definitely one of our favourites. So much more to see in Slovenia. Its a lovely place.

[@janemayhew1442]

Hi Kirstie & Andy, Very nice video ,enjoyed seeing your tour around, . Food looks excellent on Marella, .🙂

[@talltoise]

6 weeks today we set sail on the Marella Explorer for our delayed honeymoon around the Med. Your videos have got us hyped. Particularly the food. Can. Not. Wait. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@andyandkirstie]

You'll have a great time!

[@NanaSaves]

We are definitely going to do the cave tour on our cruise thankyou for showing us xx

[@andyandkirstie]

You're welcome, hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

[@natpaler883]

Lovely to see you enjoyed Postojna Caves. I'm Postojnian myself... and that delicious cream cake is called "kremšnita" :-)

[@andyandkirstie]

Hi! Yes, we had a great time and the cake was delicious!

[@sueloft3294]

Fabulous tour through those caves! Thank you. Ummm that 'cream cake' you both had with your snack ... in Australia we call those "snot blocks" - a.k.a. a vanilla slice.

[@andyandkirstie]

😂 snot block, never heard that one before!

[@vickywilliams4073]

Great choice of music in the castle guys, look forward to spending time with you two on Friday evening 👍

[@andyandkirstie]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@danielsmithson9676]

you guys so good… was in Iceland went to some caves … but nothing compared to your trip … that’s what makes your volgs so good… thanks

[@andyandkirstie]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@len9223]

We love your Vlogs, great job keep up the good work

[@andyandkirstie]

Thank you! Will do!

[@jlizardi5013]

More for my ever growing bucket list! Beautiful job.

[@ThemeParkBazza]

That vlog brought back memories of a Business trip 20 years ago to Ljubljana. We took an afternoon off and toured the castle in the city then went down into the salt mine caves in a train. I thought Slovenia was a great country

[@andyandkirstie]

Slovenia really is beautiful 😍

[@valentintapata2268]

That would be Postojna cave, there is no salt mines in Slovenia, we have salt flats. The closest salt mines are in Austria.

[@peteiswriteingnow]

We went to Postojna caves many years ago nature can be amazing, so vast inside, been to Croatia 3 times if you have not been before you will love it most ships dock in Split or Dubrovnik both beautiful, enjoy where ever you are.

[@andyandkirstie]

Split and Dubrovnik coming up in future episodes!

[@susanburston587]

Lovely to see your tour in Trieste. We got back on 16th June and it’s great revisiting places. We went on a trip to Maximilian’s castle but it wasn’t a patch on your tour. We visited Lake Bled on the same cruise and those custard slices bring back memories, a local delicacy I believe. Look forward to your Croatian tour, one of the most beautiful countries.

[@andyandkirstie]

Yes, it was a brilliant itinerary and those cakes!

[@toopoos]

Great update guys and as for the train ride in the caves it looked like you should have be reaching out and collecting points or gold coins like in one of them video games. 😁👍

[@andyandkirstie]

😂

[@christineguise689]

The train ride through the caves was amazing,great video 😻

[@andyandkirstie]

It was good fun!

[@dennisdalessio8238]

Castles and Caverns looked Amazing Hopefully someday I will get there. The Sushi Looked wonderful. Thanks for a Great Vlog.

[@leeirvine1784]

Loving these Vlogs as always!

[@karenkenig3638]

Beautiful video! Well done.

[@andyandkirstie]

Thanks!

[@imendridi7256]

Hi guys 👋😊, thanks a lot for sharing these wonderful moments I really enjoyed the trip with you especially that I didn't plan yet for my summer trip 😊. Keep it up following your posts 🙌

[@lynnleipold2617]

Loved Slovenia and Croatia.

[@Schenkerflyingv]

Great vlog which I nearly missed today, as I’m still in Cape Verde, and have no idea what day it is. Funnily enough, we have just had a Japanese meal in one of the hotels select dining venues.

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

Thanks for the vid. On the boat in the latter half of this September. Your trip encourages us to believe that we should have an excellent time too.

[@andyandkirstie]

Sure you'll have a great time!

[@InnocentsAbroad]

Loved the cave (and the sushi). Have not yet been on Marella, but have been on ME II as 'Celebrity Century', one or two moons ago.... Man, I miss those older ships. Looks like a wonderful time you guys are having!

[@andyandkirstie]

Yeah, those ships are still great and the perfect size in our opinion. It's such an amazing itinerary sailing the Adriatic coast.

[@quicksesh]

Postojna caves are beautiful ...

[@andyandkirstie]

Yes they are, we really enjoyed our visit.

[@cathies8655]

This was just added to our bucket list!😁

[@francisforshaw1659]

Thanks for the inspiration. I have just booked the caves tour for October from Kotor. I enjoy all your videos. Would love to see you try a cruise with Azamara, I think you would like it.

[@andyandkirstie]

Yes, we've talked about Azamara. Just a bit expensive. One day for sure. Have fun in the caves!

[@ThePinkimojca]

That cave got electricity 3 years before London. They used a big train locomotive to produce electricity. That information always amazes me. :) Glad you enjoyed my country and had a lovely day!

[@andyandkirstie]

Wow, cool! We loved our time in Slovenia, thanks!

[@lorenzomag100]

Great vlog Andie & Kirstie,That castle was amazing,I love castles, I live near the Conwy Castle,and it always amazes me all the hard work they would have needed to build all these castles so many years ago with the most basic of materials. I loved the cave tunnel ride too 😎Thankyou

[@andyandkirstie]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MegaDeano72]

most excellent cave footage! Love your work!

[@andyandkirstie]

Thank you!

[@ianrobertson2971]

Dad here. You were dead right. I'd said "Ooh Kirstie Yuck, just before you made the soup comment!!". Great caves

[@wobler100]

Hi Andy and Kirstie, I have been following your videos and they have been very informative. We are due our first cruise next year in the area and basically cant wait. the reason for contacting youu is to see what camera you are using as it seems to catch all in good quality. Keep up the good work both.

[@andyandkirstie]

Have a great time on your first cruise! You can check out our gear on our website here: www.andyandkirstie.com/gear

[@loub5086]

We're doing this itinerary the 2nd week of our cruise in September on Explorer... so really enjoying your vlogs... the cave and Castle trip looks amazing...never fancy the caves tours because I think I'd feel a bit claustrophobic... but these ones look a lot bigger and the train adds an extra element too... so I've just booked the trip(just the cave) but to go from Koper instead as we have other trips booked.. can't wait to get on board... not been on Explorer before...

[@andyandkirstie]

You'll have a great time! We loved Explorer and the itinerary is awesome. Have fun in the caves, they're not claustrophobic at all.

[@loub5086]

@@andyandkirstie Thank you... third time lucky this'll be after two cancellations!... so, yes we're defo looking forward to it.. I thought from your video the caves didn't look claustrophobic.. but thanks for the reassurance... 👍😀

[@drogna3905]

I believe I'll be on the same cruise. 9th Sept from Corfu. I've done this trip before and love it so much I'm doing it again. Solo this time. Bit scarey but very excited.

[@norfolkboy6935]

Did you manage to grab a corner table in the Sushi? 🤣👍. Really enjoyable as always 👏

[@andyandkirstie]

Funny you should mention it, we did! 😄

[@genefrance]

nice vid

[@andyandkirstie]

Thanks 👍

[@johnflorio8425]

Going on my first cruise in 4 weeks. These vlogs really give me a taste of what to expect. Any special tips for a first time cruiser?

[@andyandkirstie]

Tips are difficult because everyone is different and enjoy different things. Just try everything and you'll very quickly get a feel for what you like doing. Keep an eye on the daily planner (all cruise lines produce one) which will tell you everything that is going on that day.

[@johnflorio8425]

@@andyandkirstie Thank you. Will take that on board 👍🏼

[@martgamer0197]

Great vids as always. You do need to say "Sushi" a bit more though. ;)

[@andyandkirstie]

Sushi 🍣 😄

[@dugaldheminsley]

Great video, hope to do this trip in July , how long are you on the bus to get to castle?

[@andyandkirstie]

Thanks. It was just over an hour from tge ship to the castle and then only about 10 minutes further on to the cave.

[@dugaldheminsley]

@@andyandkirstie thanks guys

[@waynehasnip5703]

Which 7 night cruise was this one as I would love to do castle and caves

[@maureenwilliamson2362]

we are looking at doing our first cruise my partner loved the look of this trip we were a bit confused as to what port you did this from ?

[@andyandkirstie]

It was from Trieste, Italy. It's a fantastic itinerary!

[@maureenwilliamson2362]

@@andyandkirstie thanks for your reply glad i asked as i was thinking that it was from slovenia i will now look for an intinary that stops at triste

[@alandavies1054]

Great video…pity about the constant adverts.

[@andyandkirstie]

Thanks. Yes, not much we can do about ads, that's just KZbin's business model. You can always purchase the monthly subscription. That's what we do as we watch so much KZbin. Absolutely no ads. Perfect.

[@alandavies1054]

@@andyandkirstie I understand about the ads…it’s not a negative against yourselves. The video is great and myself, wife and daughter are booked to do the same cruise in July ‘23. Watching your videos has really helped me in knowing what to expect as it’s our first cruise. Thanks a million 👍

[@andyandkirstie]

You're welcome!

[@davidtavakoli5858]

I love your hairy face! Keep it up. Very handsome.

[@hansybunnys7748]

Did you see the beach at all in koper?

[@andyandkirstie]

No, we didn't see the beach.

[@garyrapley6594]

Who did you book your castle and cave tour through please

[@andyandkirstie]

It was a Marella excursion which we booked on board.

[@jwen9299]

How come you are so slim......I've put on much weight just looking at the food you are both eating.

[@andyandkirstie]

😄