Background: The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed Yugoslavia, which though Communist, distanced itself from Moscow's rule. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power by the majority Serbs, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 after a short 10-day war. Historical ties to Western Europe, a strong economy, and a stable democracy have assisted in Slovenia's transformation to a modern state. Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
April 18th 2008Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana Wow, today was a lot of fun. I headed back towards Trieste, Italy (but stayed in Slovenia) to an underground cave system called Skocjan. It was huge. In America only Mammoth Caves and Carlsbad Cave ... 8 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana I am once again at a hotel with internet access through the hotel computer, so no pictures again. If I find an internet bar, I will see what I can do. Driving up here from Firenze was actually very ... [full story]
January 19th 2008Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana It happens every year. In the last half of November all the old friends keep in touch and decide where to spend New Year's day.
The tradition of going somewhere abroad has been going on for a while n ... 9 photos[full story]
December 9th 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana This morning was possibly our earliest start yet in our travels, we even made time for breakfast. We caught the bus to Postojna pretty easily and the journey took us approximately an hour. We knew tha ... [full story]
December 8th 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana The temptation of breakfast was great enough that I actually got up for it despite feeling seriously sleep deprived. We didn't really have plans for the day, so when breakfast was finished we returned ... [full story]
December 6th 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana We had been fore-warned that there was some work being done at Park Hotel thay may cause a little disturbance from 9-5. We had set our alarm for nine so that we could waken \ without the sound of dril ... [full story]
December 5th 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana We woke up early however there wasn't a cat in hells chance we were getting through the bathroom so I jumped into Rob's bed to wait. We lay there for about an hour whilst the rude German men, complete ... [full story]
November 18th 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana This is our adopted name because we couldn't figure out how to say it until we got there. When we did get there we went straight to jail, literally. Not for being unable to pronounce the name of the c ... [full story]
November 22nd 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana reeeeeeeesting! my legs are falling off, i swear. see, i cant remember my legs being this tired in summer, despite that being a month of walking around. i suppose i wasnt waking up at 7am every day th ... [full story]
November 21st 2007Europe » Slovenia » Ljubljana » Ljubljana first of all, thank you very much to everyone who deemed me loved enough to waste 40p by texting me happy birthday, very much appreciated. thank you to everyone who emailed, facebooked, myspaced, yadd ... [full story]
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