Blogs from Ljubljana, Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 20

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 night, went for a quiet drink with sonja and jerneja, which was great. jerneja is sonja's friend that i met in summer, and she is great, so it was ace to see her again and have some sort of catch up, although the conversation got a little strange. i'm not gonna explain that, i'll just leave it out there. it involved sheep, i say no more. woke ... read more

20th -22nd October............... Ljubljana with a population of 269,000 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 overlooks the old city that curves around each side of the river. But it is its artistic vibrancy and creative community that makes it more than just another pretty city. I headed to the Celicia Hostel which ‘Lonely Planet’ lists as the world’s hippest hostel. The hostel in its past was a prison and has now been remodeled with each cell being designed by a different architect. They were given the brief ... read more

Hi all, Trust you are all well.... Jacqui here. Brian is having a snooze today rather than writing this together as we usually do - the life of a traveller! Last we updated the blog we were in Macedonia so quite a bit of water has gone under the bridge since. Lake Ohrid was a wonderful spot. We had a great room right on the shore of what is one of the largest lakes in Europe. Beautiful scenery all around with little churches and monasteries dotted along the cliffs on the edge of the lake. Hopefully we can add some photos for you all to see this time. From there we took a bus over the mountains and down into Albania - probably the poorest country we have visited so far and unless one has a ... read more

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, the catch, no pillows, no blanket, no cupboard just a sponge on a board! That'll do!! Exploring the capital city on a sunday was creepy...ghost town in a capital city is odd. The following day ... read more

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 the bin, im not sure. The architecture is not quite what i expected, tho im not really sure quite what i expected! It looks like "new trying to be old" with a smattering of actual ... read more