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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 Rayma and Doug
July 7th 2009

Ahhh, Slovenia Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Bled Island Church

Slovenia: 26th June - 8th August 2009 Here's my advice to anyone thinking about a vacation in Europe: run, do not walk...repeat: run, do not walk, to Slovenia. Here's why. First, it's beautiful. The place is covered with idyllic villages complete with onion domed churches nestled in misty valleys throughout the land. Second, the only place they speak more English in Europe is England. Third, when you buy 20 euros worth of groceries, you pay 20 euros, and this applies to restaurants and just about everything else as well. I honestly don't know how long things will remain th [View Full Entry]

By rod webb virgin net
July 1st 2009

Camping Bled Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

View from Camping Bled

Photos of Bled Campsite etc. [View Full Entry]

By Chase Whit
June 30th 2009

Seeing Slovenia the right way: from a bicycle Europe » Slovenia

I just got home from the most amazing experience that I have ever had. I took a VBT bike trip to Slovenia. First of all, Slovenia is a hidden gem of Europe. To be honest, i knew nothing about it before we chose this trip. But now, not only do i know where it is, but i know how much it has to offer! The capital, Ljubljana, has one of the greatest atmospheres of any city in Europe. It has a very, local, down to earth feel, that makes you want to stay for weeks and discover everything about the city. [View Full Entry]

By Sarah B and Sarah S
June 29th 2009

Small update Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Anyway, we never updated this in Salzburg, which is where we were before here. We travelled via Salzburg pretty much for the sole reason of going on a Sound of Music tour. We spent about half a day doing this with the most terrifying lady I have met in my life. At 9am she was horrifically bubbly and bouncy, and this started to grate after about five minutes or so. Some of the tour stops were pretty cool (the pavillion had to be done obviously) whilst others were really stretching to find a link with the film (pretty lake). We saw [View Full Entry]

By betweeneverybody
June 29th 2009

Slovenia at last Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola

Ribcev Lav on Lake Bohinj

I've wanted to visit Slovenia for years. It lived up to my dreams and more. I only had a few days to spare between Venice and meeting up with Brent and Shona in Milan so I decided to bypass the cities and just go straight to the Julian Alps. I caught the train to Gorizia on the border and then a bus across to the station at Nova Gorica where I caught another train up to Bohinjska Bistrica in the Bohinj valley. It's a longer but far cheaper way than catching a train direct from Venice to Ljubljana then up to [View Full Entry]

By MooseIsLoose
June 28th 2009

Ljubljana and My Birthday Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

The Czech

Hi all! I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to update, things here have been a whirlwind, and I've had hardly enough time to sleep. On Wednesday, June 17th, Libor and I celebrated the approaching summer by waking up at 5:30 in the morning. Weird, huh? Well, we scadaddled to the Hauptbahnhof, where we purchased our tickets, destination: Ljubljana. For those wondering, you pronounce it Luh-yoo-bluh-yana. It's the capital of Slovenia, that tiny little country with which Austria shares one of its borders. Anyways, we pulled out of Graz at 6:30am, arrived in Maribor at 7:30am, had a half [View Full Entry]

By Rob_n_Lorenza
June 13th 2009

Tone's Name Day Picnic Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Happy Tone Day

We took up an invitation from Tone (our CS contact in Ljubljana) to attend a picnic for his name day (i.e. June 13 = Saint Anthony day). So we drove about 70k's from Ljubljana and found our way thanks to GPS to a small village where we stopped and called Tone for more directions. Within a few moments we found ourselves in a field, with views to some mountains and out over the surrounding farm land. We were greeted by Tone, plus a lot of his family and friends. Also, some other CS folks from Chicago. The weather was so perfect [View Full Entry]

By Rob_n_Lorenza
June 8th 2009

Dragons, bars, red is the new blond & TV stars Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

Can I get one for the roof of my house?

Oh our aching heads! Our night drinking with the Irish newly weds in Bled certainly helped us kill a lot of brain cells! When will I ever learn not to mix my drinks - an aching head, eyes that did not want to open and a mouth that tasted like the bottom of a budgie cage. If we had not already booked an apartment in Ljubljana then we would have extended our stay in Bled. We packed up and did our best to drive to the Slovenian capital - it was not fun! We found our way to the apartment building [View Full Entry]

By Rob_n_Lorenza
June 7th 2009

We feel sLOVEnia Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Bled

I made a note in my pocket book "Slovenians = very friendly people!!!" ... I made that note because we had come across so many open, friendly, happy and helpful people in our short time in Slovenia ... we really got the impression that they lived up to the countries tourism slogan "I feel sLOVEnia" ... the countries best advertisement is their people ... sure the scenery is breathtaking ... the people really made it so much better ... in a shop, a bar, in the street, they were just very friendly and helpful to us - thank you so much!!! [View Full Entry]

By Penscott
June 3rd 2009

Postnojnska Jama Europe » Slovenia

Postojnski Grad

Postojnska Jama Today my dad’s cousin Ivo was going to take us to the Postojnska Jama (Jama is Cave) as Penny and I had seen the cave on a show on Discovery Channel (Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures). Then after the caves he was going to take us down to Ankaran to meet more family, and also because Ankaran was close to Triesta or (Trzt) where we were getting the train to Ivrea to see my aunt Alma. So when Pen and I woke up that morning we went next door to say goodbye to Ula (who lived in a small flat [View Full Entry]

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