http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Slovenia en-us Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:53 BST Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:53 BST So.. in case youre frightened right now here they spell the name of the country Slovenija... a particular souvenir was written with the S somewhat obscured leading Simon to belive it actually said Love Ninja. Im not sure it acurately describes the country but I like it To get on with the story this country is BEAUTIFUL Very very story book fairytale castles mountains rivers gorgeous http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-275132.html Wow today was a lot of fun. I headed back towards Trieste Italy but stayed in Slovenia to an underground cave system called Skocjan. It was huge. In America only Mammoth Caves and Carlsbad Caverns are larger. The tour was about an hour and a half through 2 separate caves areas. One was the silent cave and the other was the murmuring cave because it has a river flowing through it. I'm tel http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-267743.html 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 Vancouv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-267411.html I am once again at a hotel with internet access through the hotel computer so no pictures again. If I find an internet bar I will see what I can do. Driving up here from Firenze was actually very easy. I only made one wrong turn exiting the autostrade but I was able to fix it quickly and easily. Trying to figure out where I need to go while driving with the flow of traffic was exciting in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-267126.html Nuestro viaje a Bled fue como meternos en un cuento de nios. La gran nevada que cay convirti el paisaje el algo mgico e indescriptible. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-261159.html We finally made it to the capital city We spent the day in this wonderful Art Nouveau Eastern European city. Hope you enjoy the pictures. They speak for themselveshellipNote We have included some fashion picrsquos hellip donrsquot be surprised if we reappear with skinny jeans black biker boots and henna dyed hair http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-249113.html As always we started the day out with breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we boarded the bus bound for various sites in the Alpine region. Lorie wasnrsquot feeling well so she stayed in Bled. Our first stop was Skofja Loka Sloveniarsquos oldest city. We strolled along 800 year old streets layered with cobblestones. After reaching the highest point in the city we toured the museum and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-248848.html We had a relaxing day in Bled today no bus trips After breakfast and a morning of blogging our day began with hiking around the lake and up to St. Martinrsquos Church. After searching out the path to the ldquoGradrdquo or Castle we hiked up the windy steep path about 1K. Wildflowers were blooming all along the trail. Castle Bled is the oldest castle in Slovenia. Once we got to the ca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-248519.html ldquoDober danrdquo Hello After having breakfast at Hotel Bled we headed out for the day. The tour today includes a trip into the Kras Region near the Italian border a little east of the area where we toured yesterday. This region of Slovenia is the Worldrsquos original ldquokarstrdquo area and is where the term karrst topography originated. The area is riddled with limestone outcro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-248033.html The day began with breakfast at the hotel. Then we headed on a 3 hour bus ride for the Slovenia Coast. We met our tour guide for the week Jon. We headed south for Piran a beautiful fishing village and vacation destination. The small village hosts 20 Catholic churches dedicated to various saints. Piran was home to the composer Guiseppe Tartini whose statues welcomed us in Piran Square. W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Piran/blog-247672.html After a long day of travel we were happy to arrive at our hotel in Bled. From the plane we had a sneak peak of the Alps and of Venice. On the drive from Venice to Bled we enjoyed seeing family vineyards and the Italian countryside. From the room at Hotel Park we have a beautiful view of Lake Bled. Directly across the lake atop the hill is Castel Bled. A beautiful old church sits on an isl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-247240.html Ladies and gents ponovno pozdravljeni v oddaji Spet ne doma. Tokrat vas bomo popeljali nekam kamor Ivina noga scarone ni stopila nekam kamor je Juri Muri odscaronel e zavnaj nekam tja dol v AA uh Avstralijo Afriko Natan269neje v Ugando v Kabale kjer domuje organizacija Edirisa www.edirisa.org. Ta bo naslednje tri tedne moja razscaronirjena druina. Toda kot se za za269et http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-241665.html Bled http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-239748.html Bled http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-239732.html It happens every year. In the last half of November all the old friends keep in touch and decide where to spend New Year's day.The tradition of going somewhere abroad has been going on for a while now and it all started in 1999 when we went to Prague.This year was doomed by indecision someone wanted to go back to Spain after the great experience of last year in Madrid. Others were opting for som http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-237450.html We decided to celebrate our final days in London by going on 'Our last Trip' to Ljubljana Slovenia. It had taken us about three months to get our tongue around the pronunciation of the word and had no clue on what to expect Apart from a war with Yugoslavia in the early 90's there was not alot we did know about the place In actual fact our Europe guide book had all of three pages on Slovenia wh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-230324.html The temptation of breakfast was great enough that I actually got up for it despite feeling seriously sleep deprived. We didn't really have plans for the day so when breakfast was finished we returned to our room after putting on a wash. We both slept for a while however it was Rob who had to drag me out of bed to ensure that we actually did something in the day.When we both were ready we walked o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-227700.html Today we got up early so that we could get to lake Bled and get back in time for the ice hockey match we had bought tickets for. After enjoying another buffet breakfast we made our way to the bus station although we were unsure as to where it was. I had seen that it was in front of the train station from the map but had no idea where to buy tickets we went into the train station I went to the t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Bled/blog-227699.html We had been forewarned that there was some work being done at Park Hotel thay may cause a little disturbance from 95. We had set our alarm for nine so that we could waken without the sound of drilling. Around twenty past eight we were woken by the sound of hammering we ignored it and continued to lay in bed until the incessant drilling began just before nine. We couldn't stand the loudness of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-227698.html We woke up early however there wasn't a cat in hells chance we were getting through the bathroom so I jumped into Rob's bed to wait. We lay there for about an hour whilst the rude German men completely oblivious to anyone else took their time showering etc. Eventually there were only a few lingerers so I politely explained that I couldn't get dressed with them all hanging around. We dressed qui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-227697.html This morning was possibly our earliest start yet in our travels we even made time for breakfast. We caught the bus to Postojna pretty easily and the journey took us approximately an hour. We knew that the cave tours didn't begin until ten in the morning however the bus timetable really didn't mesh with the cave timetable in any way shape or form. We jumped off the bus at the station which is in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-227695.html Hisnow is herewaiting for more snowTrip to Kamniske Alps up to Rinke with freeapproved.org guysursula http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-226621.html This is our adopted name because we couldn't figure out how to say it until we got there. When we did get there we went straight to jail literally. Not for being unable to pronounce the name of the city but our hostel had once been the city jailWe stayed in cell number 13 oooo It was funky.This short short stay soon gained a focus when Adam found out that the Freemasons were DJing that night W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-222333.html wow. well today i'm feeling what can only be described as fragile. last night was the big giant birthday japes and suffice to say it was celebrated accordingly. these slovene folk certainly know what they are doing when it comes to partying. rent a cabin type thing in the middle of nowhere get more alcohol than all the pubs in welshpool could muster and go. and by go i mean GO. so yes it was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Kranjska-Gora/blog-222302.html reeeeeeeesting my legs are falling off i swear. see i cant remember my legs being this tired in summer despite that being a month of walking around. i suppose i wasnt waking up at 7am every day then but still. whats happened to me i'm so unfit it's ridiculous. ah well boo hoo hoo. it's still been a fantastic time. token recap.after leaving this on an incredible cliffhanger yesterday as i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-221774.html first of all thank you very much to everyone who deemed me loved enough to waste 40p by texting me happy birthday very much appreciated. thank you to everyone who emailed facebooked myspaced yadda yadda too lovely stuff. i had a brilliant day and was considerably happier than all of you fast show moment there so woo great stuff.i've gotta go back to monday night gah anyway monday nig http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/Ljubljana/blog-221433.html 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 coup http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-221422.html aaaaaaaaaace. it's bloody cold in this wonderful place. jerry is currently on an inversion table and it looks pretty entertaining to be fair. anyway token recap of the last 24 hours. getting to stansted was a pain and it cost me a stupid amount of money resulting in me then worrying about saving money for when i get back which is pretty lame as i dont want to worry about that whilst i'm here http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Kranjska-Gora/blog-221008.html 20th 22nd October...............Ljubljana with a population of 269000 was the city that inspired me the most as to what Adelaide could be like that would draw tourists to experience an alternative relaxed lifestyle. What is needed however is inspired leadership on a Adelaide Local Government and State level. Ljubljana is in a lovely setting with a backdrop of alpine mountains a castle that over http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Ljubljana/blog-219740.html