Adventure Part 2

So our team is in Slovenia for a retreat and on our way we had this adventure.  But little did we know this was not the craziest thing that would happen to us over the weekend. 
First let me tell you a little about Slovenia.  It is the jewel of the former Yugoslavia.  A small country with a population of 2 million.  A member of the European Union, the highest per capita income in all of Europe.  Slovenia is a gorgeous mountainous region known for its outdoor adventure sports.  It also has one of the lowest crime rates in the EU, so with this information your thinking what could happen here?

On our first night the storm of the century blew in.  Rain, thunder, lightening, high winds, hail, it was all there.

This is a small tree that was uprooted as proof of the crazy storm

 But the storm was not the big adventure of the evening.  The next morning I woke up to assess the damage and noticed my teammates car was not in front of his bungalow but was down the road about fifty yards.  My first thought was "poor Josh, his car died, we need to buy him a knew one".  Then I hear Josh, yell to me from across the way "They tried to steal my car".  This was shocking on multiple levels.
1.  Only very desperate people would try to steal a 10 year old van with like 200,000 miles on it.
2.  We are in a gated community, how did the thieves get in?
3.  Why were car thieves wondering around in the storm of the century?
4.  We are in Slovenia, people need to steal cars in the wealthiest country in the EU?
5.  Landmines and stolen cars, we have only been here for 1 day.

As Josh contacted the police we found out that the thieves broke into and hid in a vacant apartment (getting out of the storm).  There were probably a large number of them (hence the need for the van). They were probably immigrants (that came from the police, assuring us that no Slovenian would need to steal a car) and after unsuccessfully trying to hot wire (yes old school hot wiring like you see in the movies) the thieves moved on and stole a car about a mile away.

Police and Crime scene tape - a dream come true for me

Scene of the crime, the thieves hideout

Josh and Kristen cordoned off behind the tape.

Luckily we were able to get the car repaired so Josh and his family could get home.

Thanks Eastern Europe for keeping the adventure alive.