How the Hell Do You Spell "Ljubljana?"

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Geo: 46.0546, 14.5044

As I mentioned earlier, our gateway to the Adriatic was to be the city of Ljubljana -- the capital of Slovenia and a city, the spelling of which still confounds me to this day. Our flight departed from the old terminal in Vienna, which I knew all too well. The day started and ended with crystal-clear skies, which made for fantastic views of the Julian Alps during our very short 30-minute flight from Vienna.

The airport is tiny, and beautifully situated in the foothills. We had a pre-arranged transfer, and our driver was waiting for us, after we retrieved our bags from the airport's one-and-only luggage carousel. It was a two-hour drive down to Opatija, on the coast, but that was less than half the time it would have taken to drive from Venice, and the views were great as we had to cross a small mountain range and then descend down to the coast.

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