Showing posts with label Slovenia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slovenia. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

First (And Last) Whole Day In Ljubljana

A great view
Yesterday we went to a palace in Ljubljana up a funicular railway. When we got to the castle we went up to the viewing tower and there was an excellent view of the whole town.

After the tower we went and saw a video that showed how the castle had changed hands between various powers such as the Romans and the Turks and changed its shape throughout history.

When the video was over we went to see the dungeon, which for a dungeon wasn't that creepy. In fact it was a little boring.

Up with carnivores!
Then went to go see the chapel. On the chapel ceiling were lots of different coats of arms.

After that we walked around a bit and had lunch.

When lunch was over  we walked around a little more and saw lots of historic buildings, fountains, and pigeons.

When we finished looking around we walked back to the hotel and had a rest.

At the sign of the giant sausage
For dinner we went out to a traditional sausage restaurant which served sausages with hot fresh bread, mustard, and horseradish. I thought it tasted fabulous.




Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Good-Bye Venice

Today we packed and said good-bye to Ren Yuan and got two vaporetti to the bus station.

Then we waited while the bus driver had a rest then we boarded the double decker luxury bus and went off to Villach in Austria. I had some food and then didn't do much for the rest of the bus journey.

Then when we got off the bus and we caught a three hour train to Ljubljana. On the train I looked at the scenery and got bored.

When we got to Ljubljana we walked to our hotel called City Hotel .

Then we had dinner. I had trout with vegetables. The food was okay but it was a little salty.

Then I went to bed.