Partizanska bolnica Franja je bila zgrajena med 2. svetovno vojno, blizu vasi Dolenji Novaki pri Cerknem. Leži na nadmorski višini 563m v težko dostopni soteski Pasice. Delovati je začela 23. decembra 1943, vse do 5. maja 1945, ko so zadnji ranjenci in osebje zapustili bolnišnico in sotesko. Poimenovana je bila po dr. Franji Bojc Bidovec, glavni zdravnici. Bolnišnica je nudila pomoč in oskrbo ranjencem, to so bili Partizani, Italijani, Francozi, Rusi, Poljaki, ter dva Američana in dva Avstrijca, kar nakazuje na spoštovanje Ženevske konvencije. Kljub dobri »kamuflaži« je bila bolnica s strani okupatorja napadena dvakrat. Prvi napad se je zgodil aprila 1944, ranjenci in osebje so se umaknili ter se po nekaj mesecih ponovno naselili. Po napadu je delovala vse do osvoboditve, čeprav je bila 24. marca 1945 ponovno napadena.

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Today (28.8.2010) Tomaž Vnuk really ended his professional hockey player career. From now we don’t know what he will do, will he be a coach? .. or what.. but he said that he didn’t said last word yet.
For his goodbye he organized a really good spectacle. He invited a lot of legendary players who has played with him in his 23 years long hockey career. His team was called 24 ever and they challenged HDD Tilia Olimpija for a friendly match.
I have said everything what i need in last post (last year i wrote post in Slovenian language for legend #24 Tomaž Vnuk) which is available here.
and now it’s time for photos… (a lot of them)




This time was first game in pre-season for HDD Tilia Olimpija in their home ice hall Tivoli. Their opponent was KHL Medveščak from Zagreb.
With KHL Medveščak comes player number #38 Frank Banham, last 2 years big star in HDD Tilia Olimpija.
Match ended with HDD Tilia Olimpija as winner with score 4:2
And photos…



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Today i went to Partisan Hospital Franja which is quite close to my home (just about 20km away). In the middle of shooting my friend spotted a big spider and i need to shoot it.


Photos of Partisan Hospital Franja with a little bit of text you will be able to see in the middle of next week. That is it for now, see you soon.