Blogs from Slovenia, Europe - page 63

Hallo allemaal! Hier zijn we dan, in Ljubljana. Het is dan wel bewolkt en nog een beetje koud hier, maar we vermaken ons prima. De reis hierheen ging heel erg vlot, en hoewel we vooraf niet volledig zeker waren of het ons ging lukken om helemaal hier te komen (treinstakingen, busverbindingen en treinkaartjes) ging het allemaal heel erg makkelijk. We zijn maandagmiddag in Delft vertrokken met de tram naar het station, dan met de intercity naar Rotterdam gegaan, daar de Internationale trein gepakt naar antwerpen, en van daaruit naar Temse gegaan met de bus. Dinsdag hebben we een huurauto gehaald omdat de belgische spoorwegen aan het staken waren en daarmee zijn we naar Charleroi gereden. Van Charleroi in iets meer dan een uur naar Venetie gevlogen en hebben daar de bus naar station Mestre genomen (die ... read more

Is there anything better to do on your two weeks off than go for a trip? No there is not. Having no exams, no obligations at work just make me go for a trip somewhere. A year before I met Jasmina from Ljubljana at a voluntary project in Turkey with a lot of other great people, but somehow we stayed in contact the most, probably because of the rich common history and novadays happenings at this region, language and other things. In Sptember, the year before, she came to Belgrade to visit the three of us from Serbia who participated in the former project. Now I thought it would be good to revisit her and Slovenia. The train was taking me directly to Ljubljana, through Zagreb and took me around 8 hours. As soon as I ... read more

Slovenia 6th-10th May, 2008 Bled Bled is really a very lovely town set at the base of the Julian Alps on Lake Bled. It was a very chilled out town to be when we weren't off on our adventures. A very long day of travelling to get to Bled via Trieste and Gorizia in Italy. There were spectualar views of the Alps during my flight to Trieste. And the views were equally as stunning on the train journey from Gorizia to Bled along the Soca River which was a very vivid blue. Met up with Harry at the Bledec Youth Hostel and she filled me in on all the adventures she had planned for us. Emerald River Adventure - so called because of the emerald colour of the waters we saw and rafted on. The morning ... read more

Today I went to Lake Bled, a beautiful lake up by the Julian Alps. It was a bit of a challenge finding the right freeway, but with the help of a nice lady out to walk her dog, I was pointed in the right direction. The guidebook said to follow the signs for Bled, which would have been easy if there were any. Here, the signs pointed to another town. It would be like looking for a sign to Vancouver, BC while in Portland; you would have to follow the signs to Olympia and Seattle and then there would be signs for Vancouver. All was well though. It was misty, cold, grey, rainy, but beautiful at the Lake. I walked around, climbed up a big hill to tour a castle. Up there, they have a printing ... read more

Nuestro viaje a Bled fue como meternos en un cuento de niños. La gran nevada que cayó convirtió el paisaje el algo mágico e indescriptible. ... read more