Hotel Medno Ljubljana

... the ground was covered in snow. It was so beautiful. It reminded us of the train ride last year from Lucerne, Switzerland to Como, Italy. <br><br>Although Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia it's a really small town! (Well, not Endicott or Omak small I guess, but still small.) Everything is within a 10 minute walk so we got to see pretty much the entire town while we were there. We stay at an awesome hostel called Zeppelin Hostel (music themed playing European VH1 ...

... first cocktail of the<br>trip...mmmmm...... but didnt stay out as we were driving to Croatia the<br>next night.<br>We had been looking to stay at Baska on the Island of Krk... there<br>were 2 campsites. One with no shade and one with... however, the one<br>with is a naturist one..hmmm... we said lets go... its going to be a<br>story if anything and something we've never done.... oh oh......

... s famous bridges; the Triple Bridge and the Dragon Bridge. Afterwards we grabbed our bags from the hostel and headed to the train station in search of some better weather. Little did we know that there was a outdoor concert on in Zagreb - so all the kids were out in full force with <br>backpacks, Sleeping bags and because of the weather their gumboots! (or Wellys for you english reading this). We fought our way onto the train (they don't beleive in first ...

... one-day-old friend, who is a Serb but has become a Hungarian citizen and now is in the process of moving to Ljubljana, a question that inevitably came to my mind: why people who are so nice could be so cruel, in armed conflicts and disputes concerning ethnic issues?  He gave me an answer that was full of insight: he said that people in this region tend to be in the extremes: they are either super nice or super nasty, with little in between.

... market and not only find veggies and dairy products, buckwheat bread and preserves, but stained glass and ceramics, way cool. Myself maybe I still prefer the Sarajevo Turkish quarter's kilims and copper, but that's an anomaly of time and space. This is a pleasing creative blend of past and present, Europe that is. A river flows through it, too, without trash lining the banks or plastic bottles ...

... with the snow lightly falling and seemingly no one at the lake. after our romanticboat cruise, we decided we had worked up an appetite to eat two of the popular desserts of Bled....at 11am ;) both deeeelissshhhh!! i mean, gooooooood (miss you kids at pomodoro). we hopped on the bus that took us to Ljubljana, Slovenia. we arrived at our prison turned hostel that is landscaped with grafitti. kind of cool, kind of artsy ...

... To be honest I don't think any of us were too bothered about visiting the castle but it was something touristy that had to be done. We basically used it as an excuse to have yet more coffee and get a nice overview of the city from the tower. Once back at the hostel our thoughts turned towards food and rugby. The food was so good the day before that we had no hesitation about going back for a second helping, and it was just as good as before. Absolutely mammoth pizza and ...

... in the hopes of immediately boarding a train to Slovenia. No such luck! The next train leaves at 4:55pm! That leaves me with an entire day to kill in Venice! Now, I realize most people wouldn't complain about having to waste time in a city like Venice, but considering the circumstances, after getting no sleep whatsoever, desperately needing a shower, and being completely exhausted, walking around and exploring Venice was the last thing on my mind. Not to ...

... I have ever had. I was in so much pain I had tears in my eyes and could hardly move my head. I had to catch my train in 45 minutes and could barely function. Annie didn't have any pain medicine in her room so I needed to buy some. But, at 7:00pm in Germany there is not a single drug store open in the entire city, because apparently no one gets sick past 5:00pm in Europe. And also being Germany you can't buy any kind of medicine ...

... takes up to two hours while the little tub rotates a few seconds, then rests a few seconds, rotates, then rests. Each load is tiny - one pair of pants and a shirt or two. Of course no one speaks enough English to give me clear operating instructions and we did make an effort to read the Polish/French/German/Italian directions and understood only a little of the Spanish version. So I randomly punch buttons. One ...