Grajski Dvor Radovljica

... dat niet eens in Europa ligt en toch in de top-4 kwam! Zondag moesten we onmenselijk vroeg ons huisje verlaten omdat Ossiach eo een autovrije dag had vanaf 9 uur. Een misselijkmakende busreis bracht ons naar Bad Eisenkappel, waar mijnwerkers ooit in plaats van een hoop lood een hele grote druipsteengrot vonden. We kregen een heerlijk (koele) rondleiding van een leuke man (prachtig slecht vertaald door Andrea: "we staan hier 86" "68!!!" "oh, 68 meter onder zeeniveau ...

... place but the views of the city were great. As well as visitng the casle I walked around the city its cobbled streets with coffee shops were really plesent and with the christmas lights out it made a really nice setting. I also managed to find a rugby bar as well which I was suprised at and found to my delight all rugby memoriablier sitting on the walls around me, the guy behind the bar told me that there was only 4 clubs in the whole country, so ...

... than their neighbours' to the south as well.  The war lasted ten days and claimed 66 lives.  Still a substantial price, but much less dramatic then the struggles in Croatia and Bosnia.  They certainly have a country to stand up and be proud of.  It is beautiful.  It touches the Adriatic, has a smattering of the Julian Alps and is full of beautiful lakes, rivers, and rolling hills. Upon arrival, Ljubljana seemed pretty average.  It didn't have that old world charm that we ...

Ljubljana is very please on the eye and laid back. Lots of pretty buildings and scenery, greenery and lakes. Picturesque! Me and Cream checked out of the hostel we were staying in to find another we'd booked for, wandered about for a bit only to find the one we had left was the one we were looking for. Clever!

... osobowy) albo nie jechal na Maribor, albo chcial zabrac tylko 1 osobe. Zaczal padac deszcz. W koncu poszlam pytac TIRowcow stojacych na parkingu i jeden mlody Wegier zgodzil sie nas zabrac. Mowil po niemiecku, wiec w jego kabinie uskutecznialismy przez dwie bite godziny konwersacje w jezyku naszych zachodnich sasiadow. Mlody Wegier zatrzymal sie na parkingu przy lesie i tam nocowalismy - on w kabinie, my w namiocie. ENGLISH: The day before we`d found (ok ...

... and progressively got colder we agreed that we needed to stop as a matter of urgency. We found Slon café near the main (Preseren) square and found a nice table near the window where we could watch people passing by trying to hide from the cold. Our initial idea was to have a coffee and then go out again but wafter we had finished we thought that the menu seemed tempting enough for us to eat there as well. We enjoyed a tasty bowl of soup, then luxuriated ...

... crazy nationalist punk I just got enough and went back to the hostel for a good night sleep. Day 24 I woke up around 11:00 am, late already to check out (I was supposed to go to Salzburg this day), had a terrible hangover, sore throat and the weather was ******. For all these reasons I just changed my plans and decided to stay one more night in Ljubljana. As the weather was really terrible I spent the whole day drinking beer and chatting to people at the hostel bar.

... magnificent in the church, but it was very difficult hearing the organ being that close to it. This may seem an incongruous thing to say - that one can't hear a huge instrument when standing right next to it, but the sounds of an organ come from a large range of locations, and unless you have a little distance, it can be difficult to hear clearly enough to stay in tune. The rehearsal began to disintegrate, coming to a head when the ever-so-patient director lost ...

... Burma! Ljubljana proved to be a very interesting city, but not for the reasons I thought it would be. It seemed to be operating in some kind of alternate realm compared with the rest of Europe, trapped in the 1990s. Everywhere we went we saw things that were trying to be cutting edge and modern, but seemed years out of date. The funicular railway and mechanical doors that took forever to open to name just two. Many people had a much more casual and grungy (for want ...

... with numerous cafes and the open market - very picuresque. The dragon has been the symbol of Ljubljana for centuries, ever since Jason (of the Arognauts and Golden Fleece) supposedly slew one in a nearby swamp. This bridge was initially dedicated to Hapsburg Emperor Franz Josef (yes, the Austrian Hapsburg dynasty ruled over Slovenia as well). However, the ...