Blogs from Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 14

Nukuin huonosti. Oli poutainen paiva. Poljin ensin asemalle siirtamaan kuvia kamerasta tikulle ja blogiin. Kavikin niin ettei tietokone saanut yhteytta kameraan. Kun otin kameran irti tietsikasta, kaikki kuvat olivat havinneet. Myoskaan ei onnistunut uuden kuvan ottaminen. Onkohan edessa koko kameran uusiminen vai riittaako muistikortti? Onneksi riitti uuden muistikortin ostaminen. Kavin otattamassa vahan samanlaisia kuvia kuin eilen ja sitten syomassa. Tulin viela ennen kolmea siirtamaan niita nettiin. Ostin huomiseksi bussilipun Pulaan. Kun en keksinyt bussikortille parempaakaan kayttoa, kavin katsomassa 10 vuoden takaista hotellia, joka oli aika syrjassa. Mieleen muistui etta sielta oli tosiaan matkaa pysakillekin, vaikka linjoja kulkikin useita. Kun minua ei huvittanut menna takaisin koko matkaa iltapaivaruuhkassa, hyppasin kyydista pyora-aseman kohdalla ja poljin keskustaan. K... read more

Aamiainen lahibaarissa. Kavin kuvaamassa maailman vanhimman viinikoynnoksen. Olisihan Mariborissa voinut olla viela toisenkin paivan. Junassa oli hyvin tilaa. Ljubljanan rautatieasemalla ei ollut kunnolla turisti-infoa. Kavin viela bussiasemalla. Mietin milla bussilla menisin perjantaina Pulaan, ehka jo aiemmalla. Kavelin hostellille, jonne oli matkaa 2,5 km. Hostellin alakerrassa on intialainen ravintola. Huone oli toisessa kerroksessa. Kaupunkiin mennessani ostin bussilipun. Lippu maksaa 2 euroa ja latasin siihen lisaksi 6 euroa, jolla paasee 5 bussimatkaa. Jokirannassa tormasin suomalaisseuruueseen. Jain juomaan heidan kanssaan yhden oluen. Turistineuvonnasta tuli idea polkupyorasysteemista (www.bicikelj.si). Piti kayda netissa rekisteroitymassa siihen. Viikon kirjautuminen maksaa euron. Pyoria on 31 asemalla. Pyoraa saa kayttaa tunnin ajan ilmaise... read more

Having visited Ljubljana a couple of years ago and absolutely loving the city, I was really looking forward to this week and hoping Steve would like it too. Also, quite exciting for us, one of my friends: Clare, was flying out to stay with us for a few days. We drove to our campsite via some steep hillside roads, admiring the alpine style houses with their wide roofs, wooden balconies and boxes full of bright geraniums adorning the front, also passing brightly coloured bee hives and cows that look like they belong on a Milka chocolate wrapper: beautiful! On Monday morning I met Clare at the airport and we headed back to the campsite on the airport bus, after our lunch we decided on a lengthy and invigorating walk along the River Sava, which ran along ... read more

Wednesday July 24 – We had plans to go to a nearby gorge today, but we woke up at 7am for the 9am bus to get there (there was one at 9am and one at 10am), and it looked like rain. We didn’t know what it was like exactly, but thought it would be a better experience with better weather, and since tomorrow looked better, we decided to hold off on the gorge for the next day. Instead we took tomorrow’s plan today and went to Bohinj lake instead. It’s about an hour away, and much bigger and not as touristy. We took the bus to the far end of the lake with the intention of walking the length of one side back to town where we could get the bus back to Bled. We got ... read more

Monday July 22 –Today I took the train to Divaca, about an hour and a half from Ljubljana. My actual destination, however, was the Skocjan cave system. I took the train at 8:12 because it is one of few trains that have a direct bus connection to the caves. It’s only a 10 minute bus ride, but it would take 45 minutes of walking or so to get there, and I needed to make sure I got back to Ljubljana in time to meet Tina. The train was pretty quiet for the first hour, and then two Japanese guys got on with their Slovenian guide. They were older and were learning each other’s languages, quite loudly. It was cute and quite hilarious. When we got to the cave, I went to the counter and bought a ... read more