Summer 2006

and now on to my favourite part of the journey, Slovenia. The absolutely best place I have ever been, even if I do look a little bored (+ blurry) here:

Not sure why I looked like that when I had such countryside as

and

to look at. Certainly beats English train journeys.

On arrival we checked into our hostel, complete with 100% fewer gas leaks than the previous

and then popped out for a bit, leading us to see these fine dancing fellows:

Still not quite sure what was going on there, but it entertained. Now night-time in Ljubljana is even better than the day-time, but it makes photos a lot harder to take:

but these do give an indication of how lovely the place was.

The next day rained like a bitch, here's us on the crazy little train up to the castle:

and here's the castle:

including the flag. Not as nice as Croatia's, but it'll do. Assorted other fun things included this statue:

this chandelier:

and this picture of a tit ( and the bird eating from her shoe)

So Croatia over and done with then. Very hot, very eastern european, very fun. And cheap too! The countryside is very quaint and old-fashioned, Zagreb less so, but there's still a touch of 'old europe' about it.

Travelled by train from Zagreb (awesome train station) to Ljubljana (not so awesome). I didn't realise they still used the old fashioned carriages with six seats per compartment, but that was very fun. Border policija were scary.

Ljubljana is amazing, perhaps the prettiest town I've ever seen. Really tiny but the architecture is brilliant and the cafes both plentiful and well-stocked. Not as cheap as Zagreb but still reasonable.

Anyway, a proper update later, I'm off to spend a few thousand more tolar. Vienna tomorrow.