First thing was first, I finally learned how to say Ljubljana (lu-ble-yana). We arrived at like 2 AM after a pretty shady night train. The hostel was super nice and we were got our first alcohol free/good sleep in a while. Slovenia was very different from the other places we've been. First, it wasn't a big city like most of our other stops, and it didn't have many of the tourist attractions of others. Frankly, we didn't know what to expect, and while I was thinking Eastern Europe (ie - soviet style, dirty, dark and cold), it was anything but. Our hostel owner told us that if Father Prague and Mother Vienna had a child, it would be Ljubljana. It looked and felt very much like Vienna or Switzerland, very clean and safe. In fact, Slovenia
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