Archive for August 3rd, 2011

We arrived at Ljubljana at night and had a bit of a roundabout taxi ride to get to our hostel, Hostel Print.  However, this awesome hostel refunds the cost of the taxi ride, so it was no problem.  And it is a really good hostel.  Curtained off beds, your own power socket, your own reading lamp, awesome kitchen.  It’s a little walk into town, but as we found out the next day it is a pleasant walk and a very pleasant town.  We saw the castle, walked along the river, had an apple at the farmer’s market, and some really good pizza near the hostel.  Beautiful, relaxing first day in town!

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We didn’t know much of anything about Slovenia until we arrived there, but it is an absolutely wonderful place to visit.  Not too expensive, incredibly beautiful, lots of people speak English so it’s easy to get around.  Just wait until you see the countryside which is coming up!!!

Smurf!

We decided to break up our train journey from Prague to Slovenia with a stop in Vienna.  Now this is a city that you hear a lot about, so we thought we shouldn’t miss it.  With the way the trains were scheduled we had just about a four hour stop.  We did our usual routine of finding a map and heading for the sights.  Fortunately, our Eurail pass was valid on the city train, so we were able to easily get into town from the train station.  As usual, click any of these pictures to see the gallery.

First up, the cathedral

The weather was miserable.  Cold, windy, and little drops of rain now and then.  Even the carriage horses needed coats.

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