Blogs from Slovenia, Europe - page 80

Geo: 46.0514, 14.506Arrived back around 10 and we went for a final walk and drink in the old town. This place seems really alive and all the sidewalk cafes chairs are occupied. There are more locals than tourists and this country seems reasonably priced. We went to bed early after our big, tiring day.... read more

Geo: 46.2781, 13.8593Mariah, Maeve, Carlos and a new solo traveller- Alex (Mexican) and I walked to the bus station to get our bus. It was a really comfy bus and I fell asleep at once. The other girls couldn't sleep on buses- they were on bus stop lookout. After an hour we arrived at Lake Bled. It is beautiful, a smallish lake, island in the middle with a church on it and a castle up high overlooking the lake. We were going to get the boat to the island, but it was much cheaper to row ourselves- so we did. We hired a rowboat and I said from the start that I can't row. Mariah and Maeve started rowing. They had a bit of difficulty at the start as we were slowly heading towards the island, ... read more

Geo: 46.0514, 14.506As I was about to leave the room for sightseeing, the girl opposite my bed asked if I wanted to spend the day with her and two other single travellers that she had just met. I said yes. There was Mariah (Dutch), Maeve (Irish) and Carlos (Mexican). Our first stop was the market to find food. Then Mariah, Carlos and I went to do some sightseeing, while Maeve went to find a washing machine. We saw a section of an old Roman wall dating back 15AD. Then went to the history museum of Ljublana. Where they have the only Egyptain mummy in Slovenia. We then met Maeve at the square, near the Triple Bridge, under is the Ljubljanica River. We caught the train to the castle at the top of the hill- such a ... read more

Today began with Grega, Miha, and Helena picking me up at 9 am. This was quite a controversy during the lunchtime discussion two days earlier: Marija had voted for 7am, Helena for 8, and Grega, indignant and young, for 10. A compromise was in order. We headed northwest towards Kranjska Gora. (As a side note, when we stopped for gas and snacks, I was absolutely thrilled to find that Milka brand also has a white chocolate candy bar "Mit Limetta & Gruner Tee" - with lime and green tea; damn, where's that umlaut when you need it? It was to die for). The first stop was Planica, which at 239m is the world record-holding ski jump. And we climbed it. I was mildly pleased that I did not have a coronary halfway up, and celebrated accordingly ... read more

Sorry that I couldn't find a better song quote: I hate that song, but I am trying to update this quickly. Today I spent a good 3 hours or so trying to post photos onto my previous posts. Yeah, so that didn't work so well. I will try again once I have this group of photos loaded onto a CD. I went over my mother's father's family's house for lunch. Marija, the same cousin who took me to dinner the night before, cooked wiener schnitzel and potatoes for lunch. Also there were Teta Ana, my mother's aunt, and three of my "cousins" around my age: Grega (Greg), Miha (Mike), and Jaka (Jake). Teta Ana is so sweet and was so happy to see me; she likes to bring up family history and the war, much to ... read more