It is the hottest day yet, 35 degrees I estimate. All sorts of chores in the morning, from fixing the tire of the car at the garage to painting the dotted line on the big map, conversations with Leo the landlord, to writing the report, all the socials and emails. By two o’clock we were biking in the heat to Nova Gorica, on the bike fortunately it is manageable. In Nova Gorica near the border between Slovenia and Italy we end up in two groups of tourists who were doing some kind of tour. We tell them what we are doing and there is a very positive response and many pictures are taken. A nice welcome. We cycle on to Europe Square in front of the station where Theo puts the finishing touches to our exhibit in the station with pasting the large map on the floor. It looks beautiful. We cycle a few laps around the center circle of Europa Square and Katja and Sasa join us. We were supposed to gather at the EPEC building a little further away but this seems better. We unfold our big map and Sasa and I give a short speech about our project, me in English, Sasa in Italian and Slovenian. A warm welcome. We also seem to be in the newspaper. We then cycle with a group to the little square in the center of Nova Gorica and put the map there as well. It is less crowded here and we have a drink on the terrace. Also nice with this heat. We fold up the map again and bike together to the university where the tree bike is allowed to stand in the shade in some kind of courtyard. They will take care of the watering for the next few weeks. Very nice. We can also add the small trees that Theo brought with him and they will water them regularly. And we can park the bus and trailer in the private parking lot of the university when we are away. That too is well arranged. Totally great. Sasa and Katja still have to continue preparations for the Uniscape Landscape Festival from June 23 to 26 and we have dinner at Atmosfera, the same place as yesterday but outside, opposite Hotel Entourage. I notice that I am quite tired and I think that applies to all of us. We should be proud of ourselves for getting this done. And even though we are only halfway through it feels like we are there. And that’s actually true, we only have to cycle back. We eat an ice cream and drive to our cottage in Ozeljan. A nice little welcome today in Nova Gorica. But then it is also part one of three of our activities in GO2025. In addition to this action today, in one week we will have the three-day Uniscape festival and then on July nine we will leave Gorizia for the second half and hopefully cycle with a group into Italy.