Ljubljana Resort

... canyoning in Slovenia. Watched Geelong win the AFL Grand Final (arguably the best final ever) in an Irish Pub in Ljubljana · Drove to Italy (Trieste) for lunch from Slovenia (Piran). I had gnocchi AND pizza · Piran is a little old ...

... ferry but had to wait for it to turn up. After a quick 20 minutes ferry ride then we were back in the road and heading to Ljubljana in Slovenia the trip took 7 hours in the bus and when we got to camp ground it was raining. This was our first rain we ...

... of high end stores (think Gucci, Chanel, etc) dotted around the place. We visited the major tourist areas - the triple bridge, Ljubljana Castle and Dragon Bridge. Then it was off to tea where a few on our trip ate horse meat (apparently tastes something ...

... back drops which don’t seem real, roads are excellent and not much traffic. From Maribor we drove towards the capital Ljubljana with an overnight stop in a service station which welcomed campers with a special area with a service point and we ...

... now.  She mentions to us that there is a 'special bus‘ at 7pm today on it’s way to Bulgaria, dropping off in Ljubljana in Slovenia on the way.  So, we decide that even though we’ve just paid €60 for the night in Trieste, ...

... taken to our hotel, so we really didn’t have much time to explore.  We did get to see the Dragons of Ljubljana.  The legend goes something like this:  The founder of Ljubljana was a Greek prince and him and his companies were fleeing ...

... needs along with our Argentine malbec purchased from Oberau earlier this week.  Tomorrow, we put Padua behind us and head for Ljubljana and hopefully by better roads and hospitality. Jul 17 - The drive was fast and easy and no traffic jams. According ...

... the the fortress and up and down the hill to get to our hostel... but it good for me! We are pretty happy to be in Ljubljana (I have the hardest time remembering how to spell that). It is the capital of Solvenia. A smaller town... only a bus system, I ...

... detour into the city centre in search of the campsite (dam you Lonely Planet for your incorrect directions!) we checked into the Laguna Resort campsite which had to our joy a massive pool complex. I wasn't sure whether we would see the city at all or ...

... didn't know how to pronounce it properly…..) We went to the only campsite near the city – a rather swish sounding "Ljubljana Resort". It was sweltering hot and lucky for us happy campers were allowed free access to the Laguna Beach Resort pool ...

Peaceful little ...

... ;                 So the four of us headed into Ljubljana centre the next day, & was very surprised to see pretty much every shop closed - it was a Sunday, but ...

... now on. With the group, we all decided to take the funicular railway up the side of the hill and check out the Ljubljana Castle that overlooked the city.  This castle was a 13th century dwelling for the dukes of Spanheim.  One interesting tidbit ...

... I shouldn't be that demanding architecture-wise. But I can't help mentioning my disappointment with the architecture in Ljubljana. Well, after my previous disappointment I headed down to the old city and spent some time strolling through its ...

... are much cleaner and neater than Slovenia. I guess this is the difference between developed vs developing nations. I arrived in Ljubljana main station without much problem except I had a tough time figuring out signs (all in Slovene) about where the ...

... people are so kind and awesome, that you just want to give them a big hug…seriously...But, I didn’t.    Ljubljana is Slovenia’s capital.  We arrived by train from Vienna.  We took a day train this time because it ...

... around this small country which offered so much variety it lived up to its tag as a "Europe in minature".   Ljubljana, Slovenia´s capital, is small. Orientation is ridiculously easy. We walked down the first street from the station, past the ...

... up in a campground and then getting completely shitfaced every night, often without even leaving the campground. I ask Dave how he liked Ljubljana after two days here. "Oh, is that where we are? Haven't really seen it yet". One of the other guys I ...

... to Maribor, Slovenia. I had no plans of going to Maribor but the bus did not go all the way to the capital city of Ljubljana. I arrived in Maribor around 9:30 at night having no idea where I was going to stay so I walked around the mountain town in the ...

... the julian alps begging me to explore further, but alas, I decided to move on.  I did one day trip from Ljubljana to a resort-style town called Bled.  Although the name might conjure up some bad 80's horror flick, there really is no ...