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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 Wondering and wandering
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]

By Christopher travels
August 20th 2009

Ljubly Ljubljana Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

The Dragon Bridge

I know exactly where I am. Do you know where tiny Slovenia is on a map? The country was a part of Yugoslavia, the most northern region of that ex-country, sandwiched between Austria to the north and Italy to the west. The southern border of Slovenia is now Croatia, and there is a small border with Hungary to the north east. I left Zagreb with one of my hostel room mates who was travelling in the same direction as me this day. We had a real border crossing soon into the two hour train trip, a stamp out of Croatia and [View Full Entry]

By pilnikjezerobota
August 17th 2009

Switching back to "hvala" mode again Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Hostel

So I am here in Ljubljana in a hostel which used to be a prison. Cool as that is, it wasn't an aesthetic choice, more a practical one as it was the closest budget accomodation to the train station, where I have to get a train from at 6.20am tomorrow morning. However I have heard this place waxed out by plenty of backpackers blogging about Ljubljana on here, so I was hoping to be able to see it. The train journeys here were mostly hell, to be honest with you. I was denied buying any food to bring on to me [View Full Entry]

By Chris Anna
August 10th 2009

Time for a holiday. Chilling at the lakes Europe » Slovenia

Chris makes use of the lilo

After a few days exploring the Soca River, we decided to head back over the mountain pass for a bit of R&R at Lake Bohinj. We decided to bypass the famous Lake Bled and drive a further 20km on to stay at the Bohinj Lake which is less developed. This turned out to be a great move as Bohinj Lake definitely suited us better. We stayed at the campground at the edge of the lake and managed to get a pitch not too far from the water. Lake Bohinj is an extremely deep lake at 520 metres! Crikey, imagine the scary [View Full Entry]

Believe it or not. The water is almost over my head right here!

By Chris Anna
August 8th 2009

On the Soca Trail Europe » Slovenia

On the Soca Trail - somewhere near the source

Before To get to our next destination we weaved in and out of countries as we followed the Alps towards Slovenia. We broke our journey up and spent a night in a camp near St Mortiz and a night near Doube in Italy. We finally drove into Austria before crossing over into Solvenia. It took two long days of driving but ask Chris what his highlight is and he will definitely say ‘Stelvio Pass’ What is Stelvio Pass? Well, I guess we have an episode of TopGear to thank for it’s fame. It is a mountain pass, regarded by Clarkson as [View Full Entry]

Chris gets a dunking in the cold waters of the Soca River

By 2 BLONDES ON HOLIDAY
August 1st 2009

LJUBLJANA - SAY THAT WITH A MOUTHFULL OF MARBLES Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

WELCOME TO LJUBLJANA

DAY 108 So we are on our way from Split to Ljubljana, Slovenia (Loo be yarna). Francine and Angie thought that they would be really really smart and take the back seat of the bus so that they could stretch out during the night and have a good night's sleep. So we raced to the back seats and were lucky because there were very few people on the bus. Our luck held out until about the 6, 7 stop and then a women and daughter had to sit in the back with us. But people got out a couple a stops [View Full Entry]

By KristiMartin
July 18th 2009

Slovenia: July 2009 Europe » Slovenia

Lake Bled... and ducks

We were definitely excited to be leaving behind the London “summer” and get a real summer abroad in Europe! First stop was Ljubljana in Slovenia, where we landed mid morning. We had a few hours to kill before our train departed to Lake Bled so we put our bags in storage at Ljubljana train station (2 Euros for a HUGE locker - bargain!) and headed into the capital city. We were instantly impressed with Ljubljana as a place and were glad we had a few hours to spend exploring the streets! When we first landed in Slovenia, unfortunately it was raining [View Full Entry]

By No2ndhome
July 18th 2009

SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS- AUSTRIA PART THREE Europe » Slovenia

TYPICAL HEURIGEN MEAL

Excerpted from my book: OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA- AMAZON.COM Vienna is no exception to most large world capital cities in having many dining options. From serving grand multi-waitered, multi-course meals in opulent surroundings, to more typical Viennese restaurants specializing in meals akin to but not quite the same as found in Germany, and lastly a class of restaurants called Heurigen, which roughly translates into wine taverns. In 1784 Emperor Joseph II granted wine producers the right to sell their own product directly to the public from their own premises. This is common to the United [View Full Entry]

By robandsarah
July 12th 2009

Eastern Europe's Hidden Gems Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Plitvice Lakes National Parks

When you last heard from us we were about to board (yet another) night train to Zagreb, Croatia. Everytime we take a night train we're always hoping that it'll be better than the previous and, that by chance, we might actually get some sleep. But being the cheap backpackers we are, we refuse to pay for a couchette. This leaves us two options: 1. Sitting in our assigned seats crammed in a small cabin with four other strangers or 2. Searching throughout the train for an empty unreserved cabin. And since there is no way of knowing if the seats are [View Full Entry]

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