The first half of this year was a bit slow on the travelling front but then true to form, all my holidays seem to have come along together like the 155 down to beautiful Balham. I’ve always been a fan of Eastern European countries (or is it the food) but I didn’t know much about Slovenia, so I thought it was worth a little exploring. We got the SqueezyJet over to Ljubljana and we drove in to town to check in for our first night in Hostel Celica, a converted prison where you stay in the cells. I’m glad to say [View Full Entry]

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As we mentioned in our last blog we decided to do a short day trip to Slovenia and its capital, Ljubljana. Since we already had the train tickets we just showed up at the train station in Zagreb, grabbed a quick breakfast and then jumped on our train early to be able to get seats together. Luckily we managed to get two seats next to each other, in a cabin that we shared with another Australian couple. We started to chat with them and it turned out they were on their honeymoon and visiting a few European countries. Of course [View Full Entry]

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Hello again, I do appoligize for my lack in blogging, things have been full on over the last month and it's finally catch up time so bare with me please!Now where were we...Ahhh arriving in Slovenia yes I remember now! We arrived in Ljubljana on a sunday despite my guide book warning that Slovenia dies on sundays...I think to myself, ah my book is a bit dated and has been known to be wrong surely it's not that bad! Well Slovenia was dead! Luckily for us we got the last two beds in the hostel after getting refused from another, [View Full Entry]

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The train trip to Ljubljana was quite short and we had a compartment to ourselves, which made it quite a pleasent trip. When we were interupted by the border control people, we got the Slovenian stamp which showed that we were now back in the EU. Again we had not booked any accommodation in Ljubljana before we arrived as everything on the internet looked either too expensive or too far away from the city centre so we decided to again try our luck with tourist information at the station. But before we did that we were expecting to have to change [View Full Entry]

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So I went up to Vigntmar George today, it rained slightly all day but the george was so beautiful. Im sure parts of Narnia were filmed here. I would have tried the rafting if i'd had a spare set of clothes. Again, lots of English people, I think I might loose them when I get to Sarajevo. The castle by the lake, at sunset, with Slovenian wine, is my new Castle Hill. I'll tell Dan to let any potential guy know in advance... Theres a thunderstorm at the moment thats knocked out most of the internet in town...in a weird way...HOW [View Full Entry]

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It's a quick drive through Slovenia, we also happen to drive through Bosnia for all of 2 minutes, he he, but we do stop in Slovenia and stop at one of the largest cave systems in Europe - the Postojna Caves. 27kms of undeground galleries and chambers which we travel through and to by electric train, it was absolutley freezing. It also poured down with rain outside as we were coming in and we got saturated!! [View Full Entry]

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Ljubljana is wonderful. I went up to the castle early as it'd be quieter and met this Kiwi girl and we wandered round for the morning. There was an art piece that made it rain in the street! Random! Went in a lovely church just before they closed for mass, and had really cheap wine by the river. A good morning, all in all. Im taking the bus to lake Bled even though its grey and overcast, as i kinda want to see it in the morning. I think I sent grandpa a postcard, I may have just put it in [View Full Entry]

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So yeah, the lake is pretty cool. I say that, and i mean its uber-amazing! A bit touristy, but Im going to walk early tomorrow morning when it'll be quiet. Stuff castle hill in Buda, its going to be somewhere, maybe here,in Slovenia. I think granny and grandpa came here some years ago, was probably a bit different then. The water is so clear and turquoise, I just rememeber grandpa saying the lillies photos was from Yugoslavia, so it was probably here. [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everybody! Slovenia is a charming country and reminds me of Germany. Everything is lush and green with pretty flowers everywhere. The houses all have window boxes that are overflowing with bright colored flowers. Tito, the Communist leader of Yugoslavia, had a summer villa here and often entertained heads of state in Bled. Bled is a small alpine town that sits by peaceful Lake Bled. It has a 1000 year old castle hanging from the side of a cliff. The Julian Alps - named after Julius Casesar are a backdrop for the town. In the middle of Lake Bled is a [View Full Entry]

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Charming, warm and beautiful Eva got married to Miha. Beautiful wedding. Ursula p.s. I caught the bouquet:) [View Full Entry]

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