Blogs from Slovenia, Europe - page 71

I took the train from Amsterdam to Brussels for my flight to Slovenia's capital Ljubljana(yoob-li-yana). When I arrived I went straight into town with my couchsurfing host and her friend for a drink. We sat along the river under a willow tree and I introduced myself to Slovenian beer. It was really scenic sitting on the water front as the sunset turned into the afterglow, and candlelight lined the river. The next day we took a roadtrip out to Slovenia's coastline. On the drive out there I noticed the abundance of trees and greenery. We went to a lookout near the town of Strunjan. It was great to see the ocean again. It was strange to look across the water and see Italy on the other side. Croatia can be seen across the water from ... read more

Finally a chance to update the blog. I'll start with today so you'll know we are safe and sound, back in the Slovenian capital. We arrived back to the city Friday evening and have had a chance to do the laundry and to dismantle the bikes into the suitcases one more time for the train trip to Croatia tomorrow morning. Today we had a leisurely start and then headed to the downtown core of Ljubjana with our great hostess as tour guide. The sun was bright, temperatures around 29C so all the Slovenes in the city were downtown walking and strolling in a very relaxed way. It's a city of lovely old buildings, outdoor terrasses and cafes by the hundreds along the river which flows through the middle of the city. We strolled through the open ... read more

Without cheating, write down everything you know about Slovenia. Information such as "it's an 8 letter word beginning with s will not be accepted. What you have written would probably fit on the back of a postage stamp. If you gaze at a world map, Slovenia is roughly the same size as that postage stamp. While she is small, Slovenia punches way above her weight in terms of attractions. Now, pretend you are an artist, and without anything to copy you would like to paint a landscape. A lake would be nice, surround that lake with hills and in the distance some mountains sprinkled with snow. How about a castle perched on one of those hills and a steeple in the midst of a lakeside village. This might be overkill, but let's throw in an island ... read more

Slovenia, the unknown jewel of Europe. Tucked away under Austria's imposing mountains, next to Italy's Venietian coastline and above Croatia's islands, relatively mysterious to most travellers or confused with similar sounding Slovakia. We got lots of 'Slovenia? where's that?' Yet we weren't the only Aussies to have discovered this little gem, and encountered as many similar accents to our own as walking around Earls 'kangaroo valley' Court in London. Our flight from Stansted was reasonably good for an easyjet flight. It took a little less than 2 hours to get to Brnik airport flying over snow capped peaks. The Austrian Alps are very close to Slovenia's Julian Alps and all much the same, huge dominating rocky mountains. You could think that the whole of Slovenia is one giant mountain range, infact a good deal of ... read more

Slovenia After a good set of wrong roads and closed motorways we were on our way. We ended up taking a more “scenic” route but was very nice and got so see some really nice valleys and gorges. After a good drive we arrived in Slovenia and neither nick or I got a stamp in our passports what a rip!! But getting over that we arrived in Ljublijan an we txt Matejka the CouchSurfer we were going to be staying with. After receiving some rather incomprehensible directions we headed to the main train station to see if we could book a train for Mirja to get home the next day=( After a bit of a search of the Maptop we found the street and we were off, after about 1 min of driving we were ... read more