Ljubljana

While Sue woke up cheerful with a smile on her face ready to face the day,  Janna quickly remidied this by senidng Sue on a run back to return the rental car key.  (4 miles + @ ~85 degrees)  Janna woke up sweating and groggy.. .  and remained this way for six hours (until her nap).  The morning was quite warm, but not hot, yet Janna was in a full out sweat before we could get to the first gelato stand (1 block away. )  We had a nice breakfast of pastry and gelato.

Sue at one of the three bridges in the town square.

Janna sweating near the river.  The smile was a show for the camera.

Only in Ljubljana can peeling old buildings feel "charming"

Right by the river felt like Vennice, while away from the river was a lot like Prague.

More amazing peeling buildings.  Great ambiance.

Send your mumu  orders via self adressed stamped envelope to : slovenia, care of ljubljana.  This was the huge outdoor market.  Fish, meat, cheese, produce, mumus. 

Step right up at the market for raw unskimmed cow's milk.  Illegal in the  U.S. a treat here.

Most of the back streets are old and shop-lined like this.  Lots of outdoor restaruants.  Shop early.  Everything but the late night eating places close around 6:00 pm. 

We took a nap hoping to escape the heat, but went back out when our room got too hot to bear.  We tried to go shopping, but everything was closing up for the evening.  We were shocked that things would close that early.  We walked halfway across the city for a vegetarian restaurant that we never found.  We came back to the center of town and settled for a veggie pita, tuna salad, and french fries.  Please note the continued adhearance to the cheese and bread fast. It was surprisingly good.

Lucky for us, things perked up again at about 8:00.  The evening was beautiful.

Watch this video of the atmosphere in Preseran Square.  Yes, that is a Beetles song.