Best Western Premier Hotel Slon Ljubljana

... the bar and there were 4 old locals sitting at a table chatting over beers.<br><br>Tuesday got up early to catch train to Lesce Bled and then the bus out to the lake. <br>Had a good chat on the train to Victoria from Tennessee who is living in southern France about France, Parisians and travel.<br>Walked around Lake Bled which took about 2 hours at a leisurely stroll,stopping frequently to take photos or just take in the beautiful sunny day and ...

... that toured the city. It was a great way to see a lot of the main attractions very fast, plus I got to sit on top of a roofless double decker bus looking around in the sun! I think my favorite was St. Pauls Cathedral. You can climb up to the very top of the Cathedral, 111meters above the ground floor and look out across London and also down into the inside of the marvolously painted Cathedral interior. I sang 'Feed the birds' to myself as I ...

... I was next in line - after six English girls with suitcases I could have easily packed myself and my clothes in. From what I gathered from their conversation, they were heading somewhere hot and sunny for a week. They proceeded to spend 20 minutes getting checked in and arguing with the check in chick about the fact that she was going to charge them 45 pounds in excess baggage. I looked down at my measly 16kg bag that I was living ...

... Anyway, great time had in Dubrovnik and now in Thailand for the &#8216;traditional honeymoon&#8217; time. A big thankyou to the lovely Amanda who we stayed with in London for the one night after Croatia. Would love to have stayed longer, but Thailand, and unfortunately, home is calling. See you soon though.....;o)<br><br> <br><br><br><br>THAILAND<br><br>Sleep. Relax. Cocktails. Swim. Eat. Relax some more. Shopping ...

... I have literally been traveling without one for days and my facial hairs was becoming borderline beard. I hiked up to the castle to be rather disappointed. The castle looks great from the outside but the inner courtyard was turned into a bar patio and none of the rooms were accessible to the public, just one tower in which you had to pay 2 euros (student discount price) to see the view from the tower. In the only hall was an exhibition of modern photography of Slovenia ...

... island to see the church. I say we but I couldn't row to save my life so sat at the front trying to stop the boat tipping over. Once at the island we decided we didn't wish to pay anything to enter the church so spent the money wisely on another coffee before heading back to the harbour and onto the bus station. We caught a bus to Ljubljana (1.5hrs) at about 3pm and tried to find the hostel John had booked. Thankfully we bumped into a Kiwi couple who were staying ...

... down on Lake Bled. We caught the bus to Bohinj Valley from Bled for a day trip through all of the green valleys housing beautiful Swiss style homes with farms. Lake Bohinj is equally as pretty as Lake Bled but less built up around the outskirts of the lake. Eddie, Abs and I went on a hike to a gorge, that ended up being an unbelievably clear gorge built into the side of the mountain. The water was freezing so we couldn't swim and ...

... rent a car tomorrow to go and see the caves and a castle. Found a rent-a-wreck (but we were assured they ran!) place and arranged everything for the morning. Not a bad deal, 30 Euros including insurance and they will drop it off for us at the hostel in the morning and even have someone for me to follow to the other hostel where my buddies were staying! Too bad their licenses were in Iceland and I had to drive, I haven't driven ...

... Czech train guys... thez are a bit more militant. Last night in Salzburg we decided to take it easy and grab a bottle of wine at the Billa (small market store), some bread, cheese, and salami and head back to our hostel up on the hill. After getting on the Express train which didnt stop at our stop - Salzburg Kasern - which is only one stop from the main train station... it zipped right on by... so we continued on passed four small train stops before ...

... autumnal colours. After a day like that there is only one thing to do. Go back to the hostel and get ******. Mission accomplished. Let me say that the 6 hours in the car to Budapest the next day were complete hell. So that is that for Slovenia. Very little to report (that I am willing to put up here anyway), but if you visit when it is not raining, I am sure your perspective will be somewhat different.