Town Square (Mestni trg) Ljubljana

September 1, 2012

Arrival evening September 1, depart morning September 2

Slovenia and its capital, Ljubljana, turned out to be one of the biggest surprises so far - it is the one place on this trip to date that I wish I had stayed longer than just the one night. Slovenia is part of the EU, although like its cousin countries I …

... before the next weekend Eurotrip. ----------------- Flights: Ryanair - LDN Stansted - Klagenfurt (Austria) - £10 Easyjet - Ljubljana (Slovenia) - LDN Stansted - £45 Return Flight time - 1hr 50mins (25mins early) 665 Nautical ...

On the 18th day of my journey, I left Salzburg early to catch the morning train to Ljubljana, Slovenia. At the train station, the ticket agent told me that the construction of the Austrian railway just started today and will last for a week. Lucky me, so ...

... designed, but this does lend a pleasing consistancy to the whole place, and the Triple Bridge on the main town square is a bit of a landmark. If you're from Slovenia, I guess. And that is it for Ljubljana, really. A nice atmosphere to the place, and ...

... they had to cancel the sold out concert due to possible rioting in the town.  The Major of the city closed the town square and surrounding areas.  We did a short walk through this beautiful town and sang our African music for their ...

... it was locked for some reason so I couldn't go in. There wasn't a whole lot here so I moved on after that. Connecting the town square to the other side of the city is a bridge with three parts called "Triple Bridge".. Clever. Over here there were some ...

... into Italy for lunch.   We then traveled back through Nova Gorica for dinner and a traditional dance in the town square. I got ropped into a traditional hat dance with some guys and then another with a local woman in traditional costume. Her ...

...  areallyu holf *14th century) fransiccan church and the other is the tromostovje (triple bridge). We saw the mesni stari in gornji trg *old square, town square and upper square) at the foot of the castle hil. with the Church of St. Florian.  We ...

... the square to simulate rain, it was kinda tacky and had a silly sign saying it was the only place in ljubljana with its own weather. The town square has a river running down the centre of it, and is populated with restaurants and bar's on either ...

... as we both wanted some more summery clothes to wear in Greece as the weather heats up. Our hotel is like 100m form the main town square so we walked down here, past the Franciscan church and decided to hit the shopping streets first. It was a pretty ...

... picked me up at Železniška postage (Main Train Station). The hostel is about 20 minutes bus ride to the Old Town Square. Squeezed between the castle hill and Ljubljanica River, the Old Town has two squares, the Mestni Trg (City Square) with ...