Hotel Emonec

... out rain coats and the cheap plaid umbrella we bought in Venice.  Even then, we were soaked by the time we reached Hotel Emonec.  We counted less than 2 seconds between flashes of lightning and huge claps of thunder.  It was so crazy, ...

... apricot tart at Zvezda, the little kavarna in slascicarna (a café and patisserie with lovely cakes and tarts) just beside our hotel. The place is heaven!   About four o'clock we met Marjorie and Stefan in Preseren square and walked to their home ...

... -off and nearly drove over the Austrian border! That would have been a big problem as Kevin's passport was back safely in the hotel room in Ljubljana. A Slovenian police officer was kind enough to show us how to turn back around and, after a short lecture ...

... and we had to ask for larger ones. It's not the Ritz but it's fine. We had wanted to stay at the more comfortable Union Hotel but they have something called "kongressi" and were fully booked for many of the nights of our stay. When in Rome... We are ...

We arrived in Ljubljana, Slovenia with the best connection from the train station so far. Found our hotel in record time. Weather was really nice, but soon turned to a raging thunder storm and a torrent of rain. We strolled a bit, but got caught in the ...

... of the orchestra next Friday night and that should be nice. She promises to play well! We've come back to the hotel for some afternoon relaxation and Stephne figured out access to the roof beside our room (through the bathroom window!) so she laid ...

... we had coffee at an outdoor cafe by the river. The city center looks like a movie set or a Disney creation it is so perfect! Our hotel is a little eastern European but I think we will survive! Nasvidenje for now! More later... Stephne & ...

... walk around easily without needing public transport, and walking is made even easier because much of the central area is pedestrianised. Our hotel was just off the main square, where three bridges side by side, cross the River Sava that runs through the ...

... ordered twice he acted as if it was the thousandth time this had happened that day.  Here we stayed at a budget hotel named Emonec.  Not the nicest of places but such a great location.  Nearly all hotels in this country look nearly the ...

It is hard to believe that it has been nearly three days since I've updated our travel log but it has been a busy three days... We just returned from our day in Maribor, it's raining and we've had a lovely light supper at a little gourmet place in ...

What an amazing day we had today. We rented a car after breakfast this morning and headed northwest into the Julian Alps. About 20 minutes out of town we caught our first glimpse of the alps...grey, jagged peaks stretching into the sky against a ...

Everyday is market day in Ljubljana but they bust it out on Saturday! Every stall in the Central Market was filled and the place was packed. They even had entertainment!   We wandered through the stalls, bought a basket, a loaf of freshly baked ...