M Ljubljana

... saw a bit of action, we must have missed the main event. I just hope no innocent bystanders got hurt.

When we got to the train station, we weren’t really sure where we were going. We wanted to go to Rovinj, a beach town on the northwest side of Croatia. But we found out there were no trains or buses going there that day. So we took a train to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, instead. The weather was supposed to be cold in Rovinj anyway. And who wants to go to a cold beach town?

... in some old factories and abandoned warehouses that have been turned into discos and pubs. There's lots of clubs around an open-air area and every pub is decorated in a very eclectic and original way. It's very very alternative and if you feel attracted by the undergroung culture, you have to go to Metelkova. We spent a great time there, first in a rock/heavy pub and later in a serbian pub -very eclectic, I told you!). I earnestly recommend everybody who ...

... the fruit and veg market in the square, which is always our favorite thing to find. It is finally cherry season! Ljubljana is one of those big cities with a small town feel. For a capital it is very nice to walk around and people watch. There are tons cafes and bars all along the river and a nice central square with a triple bridge. We set out to explore the castle on top of the hill overlooking the city center. The ...

... how beautiful his country was but as he went off to allegedly inform the mayor of his concerns we commented to each other that we were secretly glad that Slovenia remains slightly undiscovered and one of the things that was particularly nice about it was that it wasn't swamped with tourists. On Monday we took the funicular up the Castle Hill to see what was there. There was somewhat predictably a castle.    There were some good views of the city ...

... Square). The girls were disappointed but we were a little more philosophical about it (by which I mean we were glad not to have to stand for half an hour or more in the sub zero temperatures while we watched the girls skate. We had decided that we wanted to go to the circus - something to brighten up the day. We found the venue, an entertainment complex just near the ice skating, which was a stroke of luck. The sign on the door told us to use the employee's ...

... skiing, and looking at the postcards of the slovenian alps, which were beautiful I would say that it looks like a goo alternative to those looking a skiing holidays (I just need to learn how to ski properly). Otherwise things were generally cheap and got free internet at a coffee shop with hot chocolate - ie melted white chocolate which is YUMMY!!. Now got to to wait on a train:(

... a few students from the university choir who were unable to persuade as many of their fellow students to come as they had hoped (but we still had some wonderful conversation after the concert). With over 800 choirs in a country of only 2 million people, our tour organizers had been unable to find a community choir for us to sing with who might have also brought an audience. But when we came down the narrow spiral staircase from the choir loft to sing our closing ...

I have returned here to celebrate Ursa's 30th birthday and rest my knee. I'll stay 2 or 3 weeks. My goal is to goto the out door forest gym every 2 or 3 days and work on my goal of 20 consecutive chin ups and 20 1 legged squats. A Week Later I've been sick for 7 days. I havent been able to do a thing other than cough, take vitamine C pills and blow my nose. I'm almost better, but still coughing. I must rebuild ...

This place reminds me a log of Seattle and for the first time I'd be ok coming back now. But, here I go again, first to Venezia then maybe Nice on my way to Spain. They don't have a cat at every table here and I sort of miss them. Italy and Greece from what I saw didn't drink much, but here in Ljubljana there is a Caffe/Bar ever 20ft, that means it's a Bar that serves coffee too. The younger folk pre-funk in the park and apparently it's fine. Not many ...

... Slovenia has just 46 kms of coastline, but Piran makes a visit worth while. With its balmy weather, seafront cafes and narrow steep streets it reminds you of Venice without the cost or the smell. Indeed the town, only a 35 minute boat ride away from Italy, was once under Venetian jurisdiction. Deciding against competing for the few remaining hotel rooms we headed down to Fiesa, a short walk along the old wall out of town. There´s more sand in an hourglass than on Fiesa´s ...