After scampering around the hostel gathering our gear to trek to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana; some of the nice people at the rental shop offered to take us to the train station to catch the train to the capital. They said it was on their way because they lived near it, they were the friendliest people and were so willing to help. There was a father and his daughter (who was our age!), before the train she explained that we needed to calm down so bought us some hot chocolate from an authentic Slovenian cafe! She insisted on buying our hot chocolate, and her father bought us 'Slovenian cookies', which really were "Taste of America" cookies. Pretty much they were chips ahoy and Oreo's. It was so cute and thoughtful!
At least in Slovenia, Graffiti was a pretty big thing in a lot of their train stations and other random places around the towns. It was not any graffiti like in the states, they were beautiful murals of art instead.
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| Authentic Slovenian Hot Coco |
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| "Authentic" Slovenian cookies |
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| Train Station Graffiti |
After saying goodbye to the nice friends that we met, and getting off of the train around 8:30 pm, we had arrived in Ljubljana. We decided that since we would not be able to visit our friend until the morning we would explore a bit of the night life that the capital had to offer. The sights were spectacular, and the pub that we went to was too great. The pub we went to was called "Skeleton Bar", known for the fake skeletons that align the floors and walls. It was pretty entertaining, and we got to meet some locals along with some of the other people staying in our hostel. We also were advised to check out another club called "Cirkus", which once we got there seemed almost like we were transported back to the early 1980's with music such as "Girl's just wanna have fun", "YMCA", "Stayin' Alive" and the like playing; complete with 80's style dress and dancing. At first we thought it was theme night, but to our surprise this kind of music had never been heard before in Slovenia which was a new thought to us for sure!
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| Skeleton Bar |
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| Our hostel |
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| Our hostel |
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| Our hostel |
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| Our hostel |
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| Our hostel |
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| More murals |
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| Locks of Love bridge |
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| Nutella Crepe! |
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| Yay for crepes! |
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| Making of the crepes |
The following day we went and picked up our friend from the hospital and toured around the capital before we had to leave it. There were so many hidden gems that we got to explore along with our delicious crepes we got by the river. I think that after all of what happened it was meant to be for us to end up in Ljubljana because it was a beautiful little city that will forever hold a fond memory in my heart.
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