The view from Ljubljana castle

Exploring Ljubljana

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September 1st 2010
Lara and I spent the day exploring Ljubljana. As we waited for a bus into the city centre, a bus painted as an ice cream drove up and people got off to hand out free ice creams to everyone waiting at the bus stop! We walked around the old town and up to the castle to see the view. You can see as far as the Julian Alps which looked really pretty with a recent light dusting of snow at their p ... read more

Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Ljubljana

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The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed ... ... read more