Blogs from Ljubljana, Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 19

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 itself. I stopped in Trieste for coffee. To celebrate, I had 2 cappuccinos. 1 to drink and the other to wear on my shirt. Grrr. So I bought a nice cafe au lait colored long sleeve polo in Trieste. Guess it was meant to be. On my way out of Trieste, I passed the Illy plant, or at ... read more

Ladies and gents, ponovno pozdravljeni v oddaji Spet ne doma. Tokrat vas bomo popeljali nekam, kamor Ivina noga še ni stopila, nekam, kamor je Juri Muri odšel e zavnaj, nekam tja dol v A-A- uh? Avstralijo? - Afriko! Natančneje v Ugando, v Kabale, kjer domuje organizacija Edirisa (www.edirisa.org). Ta bo naslednje tri tedne moja razširjena druina. Toda kot se za začetke spodobi, se bomo še malo ustavili pri uvodu. Zakaj? Ker trenutno visim na Brniku (uporabiti ime Joe Pučnik v tej kombinaciji besed bi bilo neustrezno), zaradi nesebične pomoči moje sopotnice Mankice pa - jasna stvar! - visim na zastonj wirelessu na njen laptopu. No, prijazno osebje iz Adrije nas je ravnokar povabilo na zajtrk (seveda sem spaktirana z Murphyjem, ker sem ravnokar kupila nekaj za jest v djutiču!), tako da se za hip poslavljam in ... read more

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 which does not necessarily give the sense that there is a lot happening!!! After arriving mid afternoon we decided to go for a walk to the city centre. The city centre was spectacular with its Christmas decorations and snow falling! The decoration consisted of all the planets, comets, the sun, the moon, stars and angels hanging over the streets, ... read more

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 over to the other side of the water and found ourselves caught up in a mass of tourists perusing the markets. We had a quick look around but unsurprisingly the stalls hadn't changed since we had previously looked around. We found the funicular but we decided against it; partly because you had to pay and partly because we had ... read more

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 quickly but still had to ask to get a chance to go to the bathroom with each German presuming it was their birth right to go in the bathroom first and to take their sweet time about it. Once downstairs we went on the internet to check if anyone missed us and then set off to the train station. We were very early for the ... read more