Blogs from Slovenia, Europe - page 62

After a lovely drive across Italy from Nice, France, we arrived in Slovenia at the Njoki Festival in Ajdovscina. It is a small town, and the address for the festival literally read “center of town.” The festival consisted of an outdoor stage at the foot of an impressive range of mountains and a small campground, where most of the festivalgoers seemed to be staying. We stayed there for two days, one night in a student dorm type facility. The night we arrived was the first night of the festival, and Marky Ramone, drummer of the Ramones, was headlining. He had a young band and singer, and they charged through about 25-30 Ramones classics in a 90-minute set. The next day I spent some time at the pool, which appeared to be the main attraction in town. ... read more

We arrived in Ljubjana and Carmen directed us to a closed off area with steel bollards blocking the small cobble stone streets. Obviously, changes have been made to the city and the old part of the city has been closed off to traffic other than to cyclist, skaters and pedestrian traffic. We ended up trying to work our way around the traffic road under the castle by way of the tunnel and came out on the other side of the old city but still couldn't get into the restricted area because of the bollards. Di managed to ask at another hotel and got direction and we ended up coming in exactly the same road that Carmen had brought us BUT this time the bollard in the road were dropped and we could drive in. The hotel ... read more

The last few days I have gotten to see more of the country side in Solvenia. On Sunday we went to a small village and saw a small castle and its ruins and we walked around a bit and then we went and saw this spring, this by far was the highlight of my trip. When you first got out of the car at the spring you looked up as saw the jagged outline of the Alps which were cover in snow, but you could not see all of it because there was a storm coming. As your eyes came down from the top you began to see the lush green color of spring which is everywhere. In the valley that is surrounded by mountians there is a small restaurant and a small, cute chapel. But ... read more

I arrived in Ljubljana, Solvenia today. (Quick geography lesson, Solvenia is below Austria and was formerly part of Yugoslavia (sp). I woke up at 4.20 to be at the airport in Cologne by 6 am.....it was way too early especially since I went to bed at 1 am. I flew to Graz, Austria and then took a train to Ljubljana because there are not any direct flights from Cologne to here. The traveling part was not all that bad, the part that was not fun is that I am really tired. However, I will be here for a few days so I can catch up on sleep. I am staying in Ljubljana until the 11th with my old roommate from Austria (Mojca and her family). Out of all my travels I have never had sooo much ... read more

Dag allemaal, we zijn in Bled vertrokken in de stromende regen, maar vanuit bled gaat de bus stroomopwaarts langs de Sava righting het meer van Bohinj. Eenmaal in Ribceb Laz aangekomen was de toeristische dienst wat vaag, maar ze hebben ons netjes bij ons appartementje (ongeveer elke huis heeft hier extra kamers) afgezet, waar we werden opgewacht door een vriendelijk sloveens weduwtje die ons wat bij praatte met wat thee en koekjes. Het werd toen gelukkig wat droger, dus wij maakten ons klaar voor de eerste wandeling hier. Ons doel was de Slap Savica, de waterval en de bron van de Sava die uitkomt op het meer (en uiteindelijk ook in Bled, Ljubljana, Zagreb en Belgrado). De tocht wordt aangeraden met een boottocht over het meer, maar omdat het ons beter uitkwam zijn we te voet ... read more