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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. To be updated

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By pripri
November 12th 2009

lake bled Europe » Slovenia

at lubljana train station 2am

we were making our way to slovenia. after enjoying some beers and crisps, talking shit, listening to music, things can get quite boring specially if you still have 5h left (from budapest to ljubljana it takes 9h). sooo what to do? well, if youre a couple alone in the compartment all the boredom is over if (_______) but be carefull, if you realize that the train is slowing down for no apparent reason, stop what youre doing immediately and put your clothes back on, coz get caught by the croatian immigration only wearing undies and trying to cover yourself with a [View Full Entry]

By AdrianaIna
October 4th 2009

Slovenia Europe » Slovenia

Skocjan Caves

We left Croatia for at the beginning of October, and drove north toward Slovenia. Our first stop in Slovenia was The Skocjan Caves. These caves are a Unesco World Heritage Site and boast the world's largest subterranean canyon, replete with a rushing river (seen from hundreds of feet above) and waterfalls, and filled with stalagmites and stalagtites of strange and wonderous shapes and sizes. These caves are beautiful, spectacular, and breathtaking. I hated every moment I was in them. The first section was the worst. A tunnel. I hate tunnels. Knowing that I have terrible claustrop [View Full Entry]

By No2ndhome
October 3rd 2009

SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS: HUNGARY Europe » Slovenia » Styria » Celje

BOGENSPERK CASTLE
SITS ISOLATED ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

(Excerpts from my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, Amazon.com) As I have noted before, a major factor in Elysee and I deciding to spend a summer in Slovenia, is it being excellently situated to enable side trips to other countries. It is possible to easily drive from Bled to Budapest in six or seven hours. In our case, being in no hurry, we took several days stopping overnight at Celje, Slovenia, visiting Maribor, Slovenia's second largest city (110 thousand) and then stopping overnight again in the Lake Balaton region of Hungary. From there we drove on into Budapest. The following day [View Full Entry]

By Whiskers
September 14th 2009

Blobbing in Bled Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Rainy day at Lake Bled,Slovenia

Monday 14th September Blobbing in Bled The weather has turned to custard overnight and after the thunderstorm had passed through last night it had rained a fair amount and it was still raining lightly this morning. It was just as well that we did our walk around Lake Bled and drive to Lake Bohanij yesterday while it was at least dry. The guy who showed us our apartment on Saturday had said that it was predicted to be only 10C today and he was not far out.A quick look at the day encouraged us to stay in bed and watch TV.Of [View Full Entry]

By Whiskers
September 13th 2009

Beautiful Bled Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Lake Bled

We had checked the weather forecast for Bled last night before we went to bed and it was supposed to rain all day today but we have woken to just an overcast sky and we can still see the Julian Alps that surround the town of Bled.So perhaps the weatherman is going to be wrong again. However we decided not to chance it and got up for a relatively early breakfast so that we could walk around the lake before the expected rain.We think it will probably take us about 2 hours with stops for photos. For the first time in [View Full Entry]

From the terrace at Castle Bled,Lake Bled,Slovenia

Gretchen thought she was in for a lunchtime treat.Shame it didn't work out,I forgot my wallet!!

By Whiskers
September 12th 2009

Croatia to Slovenia - a day of contrasts Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

The highway above the bay near Rijeka

The day has dawned overcast but the prospect for the day is improving weather as we cross the border into Slovenia. Gretchens wasp sting on her elbow from last night has made her arm swell up considerably and from hereon she will be nicknamed "Arnie" after the Governor of California as she could match him for the circumference of her arm at the moment. We had some concerns that we might not have hot water this morning as last night there didn't appear to be any coming through the tap no matter how long we left it running for and neither [View Full Entry]

By jacqandbrett
September 7th 2009

Between Here and There - An Unplanned Trip to Slovenia and Austria Europe » Slovenia

Lake Bled

A BLOG BY BRETTO So after a very long and drunken expedition of Croatia and Bosnia we set sail for Slovinia on the whim of a drunken memory of a recommendation from a guy in Dubrovnik (and Kirra, Lauren and Amy)! Through the border we go with the girls perving on the 'hot' customs guy and choruses of "hey jude", changed to "hey norm" being screeched throughout the lush Slovenian countryside. What more could a man ask for i hear you say? Well once you get to Bled you will understand! you get PEACE!!!! QUIET!!!! MAGNIFICENT SCENERY!!! AND did i [View Full Entry]

By tanglefish
September 5th 2009

Bled Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Bled Island on lake with church
Church is called the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary

Bled - day 14-16 - September 5-7 We had the luxury of a private transfer (two cars) to take us to our final stop in Bled, Slovenia. It was a pleasant journey on good freeways. Our driver was a young guy who had a rafting and other adventure sport business, was a taxi/car-hire person, as well as being a policman. Very hard working! We had a long wait in a queue to cross the boarder into Slovenia and back into the Schengen zone. You can see why the removal of border checks is a high priority as it must be costly [View Full Entry]

Church and Castle viewed from town side of lake

By CherylandJo
August 31st 2009

A journey through Beauty Europe » Slovenia

The stunning Prague Castle

The last few weeks to me have been about beauty, both what´s natural and unspoilt and also what humanity at its best can achieve. I have certainly felt more like a tourist and haven't felt that I've gained much of an understanding of the nations people ... not that this can always happen with a visit, certainly as brief as ours. Sometimes though beauty speaks for itself - although with the length of this blog you may think otherwise! With that in mind you probably wouldn´t anticipate the journey starting at a campsite we´ve lovingly named "Hell Camp" Hell camp wasn´t [View Full Entry]

Forgot to mention that we went to Prague zoo

By passenger
August 23rd 2009

Ljubljana Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Ljubljana

After 30 min of sleep in Annaberg, at 5:00 we headed to Slovenia. I was pretty tired and sleepy and after 300 km there was a drivers change and then I could slumber a bit. When we arrived in Slovenia I was really really sleepy because it was extremely hot. We arrived on the festival ground and I spent the whole day at the festival hanging around and drinking slovenian beer. In the evening I went to pick up the merch and in the meanwhile 3 of 5 guys from the band drank real turkish absinth. When I came back they [View Full Entry]

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