Ljubljana, Slovenia (Phill)
So hands up all those who even know where this country is? I didn't!
I came here on the way to Vienna primarily to see some caves. I know, I've seen lots of caves this year, but I heard these were especially cool. In actuality the coolest part was the wee train ride down into the caves. Felt a bit like that scene in Indiana Jones! Well, without people shooting at me. The caves were cool, but a bit of a disappointment compared with the ones in Australia
, Thailand, Vietnam and China! I think its safe to say that I'm all caved out!
The city is okay, quite cultural, lots of Theatres, Opera things like that. Went to a pretty cool museum yesterday and laerned about the history of the country. Seems like they've been invaded by every southern-european nation and lost. The problem is that Slovenia is a bit like the bread-basket of the area: great natural resources, intelligent people etc... So Yugoslavia desperately tried to hold onto the area until they were distracted in 1991 when Croatia and the UN were bombing them! So Slovenia managed independence without a single death. Pretty impressive!
Last night I went out to a bar with some other hostellers and met some niec Slovenians. I'm amayed at how well they speak english here. Everyone we met could speak it prefectly (albeit with a bit of a Russian sounding accent!). Anyway, lots of fun.
Okay, so tomorrow I'm off to Vienna for a day with an English guy called Steve, then to see my Uncle Gordon in Prague the following day!
Posted by Admin at August 22, 2002 07:40 AM