Blogs from Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 39

Rise and shine buttercup!! Say good bye to the dear friend Lindsey and take off deeper into the unknown, but first things first, let’s call the guapa Camille. She was excited to talk to me and as was I; even though it was 6am in Vienna and she was drunk in Missouri. Ok, onto the train station where I was unsure of my next destination. I had the options of stopping in Maribor or going straight to Ljubljana, the stop would have been a three to four hour delay and would have worked out just fine, but I decided against it. Therefore I jump track 14 and headed towards Ljubljana. This train ride is one of the most beautiful train trips I have ever taken, either way I took a nap. The good news is ... read more

Wow, Slovenia is a very interesting country. I've learnt a lot in a few days and I can contribute it to my hot guide Yann when I did the walking tour! Amazing what looks can do to my interest levels. I think more and more people are taking an interest in this country. Its still nowhere near as overrun with tourists as Italy but I did run into quite a few foreigners. So heres a bit os a history lesson....Slovenia became an independent country from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 and have an interesting history. They have basically been plundered by any of the large empires in Europe at saome stage or another so have many different influences. They thankfully started using the Euro this year, a fact which I only realised just before getting ... read more

So set off to Bled in the morning! took the direct bus and went all the way to the city centre. Bled is a beautiful small town...the town surrounds this big lake with Slovenia's only island. Very beautiful and very peaceful. You can actually swim to the island! but I didnt of course..haaaa...didnt wanna drown..haaaaa! They have many activities offering at this place! rafting, kayaking..SKYDIVING!! for 160 Euros....really not bad ne!!!!!ahhhhhh... was so tempted....but in the end actually went for the canyoning. We kinda just walked around the hea around the lake for the afternoon. Canyoning started at 3pm. It was basically wearing wetsuits and walk along the canyon...with is basically jumping off cliffs into pools of water or sliding down rivers and streams!!! it was very fun! the off gravity force for some jumps ... read more

Tulin tanaan Ljubljanaan ja heti jouduin vankilaan. Mitaan rikollista en tosin tehnyt, vaan ihan rehellisesti varasin ja maksoin huoneen entisesta vankilasta, joka nyttemmin on muutettu hostelliksi. On kylla yksi kivimmista hostelleista missa olen kaynyt, ja ah niin kotoisa, mukavaa skandinaavista muotoilua kaikkialla. Kovin paljon en Ljubbista viela ole jaksanut kierrella, koska matkavasymys alkaa painaa. Mutta se vaha mita jaksoin kayda katsomassa vaikutti oikein kivalta. Kaikki on tosi modernia ja oikeastaan ihan niinkuin meilla, eurotkin kaytossa, mutta hinnat sen sijaan miellyttavan edulliset, hostellia lukuunottamatta. Romaniasta etenin vauhdilla; vietin paivan Bukarestissa, huristin yojunalla Belgradiin, vietin paivan siella ja hujautin yoksi Zagrebiin, Kroatiaan. Alunperin oli tarkoitus harrrastaa island hoppingia Kroatian lukuisilla saarilla, mutta ajanpuutteen vuoksi hylkas... read more

Well next it was onto a place where I had no idea how to pronounce the name of the place until I got on the train to go there. It's Ljubljana (Pronounced Joo-bil-lana). Strangely enough I didn't get a whole lot of sleep on the night train and pulled in there fairly dazed, but found my hostel really quickly, dumped my backpack and went out exploring. I had left the Swiss Weather Curse behind and it was perfectly blue skies so I wandered around a couple of parks and made my way to Ljubljana Castle, which although it doesn't have the history of the Western European or Middle Eastern castles, it was still pretty cool. For the rest of the afternoon, I checked out a couple of slightly touristy things, then headed for the backstreets ... read more