Blogs from Slovenia, Europe - page 46

Beautiful Balkins Adventure Friday, Saturday, May 7 - 8, 2010 Ljubljana, Slovenia May 7 - I arrived in Ljubljana at 10:30 pm. Our guide Rozje, met me and took me to the hotel. The next morning I met our group, which included: Our guides with Adriatic Motortours , Rozle, a 30 year old Slovenian who has been tours for 10 years in this area and Clemen, also Slovenian, very familiar with regional history. Rod and Mary O'Beirne - New Zealand: Malcolm and June Taylor - New Zealand: John and Jan Fensom - New Zealand: Phillipa Saxton - New Zealand Dave Williams and Sally Chapman - Australia Dave and Julie Francis - Australia Mike and Becky - Sacramento, California Mike Egan - Aurora, Canada Rozle filled us in on some of the background of this trip. Slovenia, ... read more

Hi everyone! Well, I had wrote a really nice long blog but then the stupid computer deleted it even though I saved it :( OH WELL! First things first, sorry for the lack of punctuation but I cant really work out how to use the keyboard! So, it was quite an early flight to Ljubljana. I had to be up at around 4am and then once my lovely family had taken me to the airport I realised I had forgotten my inter rail pass, eek! But after a phone call or two I had it ;D (Thanks for that Bob). The flight was really good, I was lucky to get a window seat near the front and when we flew over the Alps the view was INCREDIBLE! I then got a bus to Ljubljana bus station. ... read more

Skiing, skiing, skiing :)... read more

Saturday morning brought another mild summer day. Clear sky and breezes so light the hundred-plus sail regatta on Lake Balaton is merely languishing in place. Our plans call for a drive to Budapest, stopping at Tihany, a peninsula that juts almost four miles into Lake Balaton, nearly touching the opposite shore. Tihany is one of the more significant places on the lake, with traces going back to Roman times and King Andrew founding a Benedictine monastery in the 11th century. A twin spired church was built in 1754 on the ruins of King Andrew’s earlier church, commanding a magnificent view over the lake. The remains of King Andrew (ruled 1046-1055) rest in a limestone sarcophagus under the crypt, and the former Benedictine abbey is now a museum of contemporary Hungarian art. Being in Tihany, it was ... read more

we were making our way to slovenia. after enjoying some beers and crisps, talking shit, listening to music, things can get quite boring specially if you still have 5h left (from budapest to ljubljana it takes 9h). sooo what to do? well, if youre a couple alone in the compartment all the boredom is over if (_______) but be carefull, if you realize that the train is slowing down for no apparent reason, stop what youre doing immediately and put your clothes back on, coz get caught by the croatian immigration only wearing undies and trying to cover yourself with a jacket is not fun at all! well…after it is really funny, but at that time, nah! so after that, we decided to sleep and 3h later we got to slovenia at 2am. the train to ... read more