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Ljubljana
A hard place to spell but a wonderful place to be! Memories of
a wonderful lunch with a priest from the countryside. The English
was strained but much better than our Slovenian. The Croatians say
that the Slovenians are really more Austrian than Slovak. Their
language is also more germanic - but we stayed with the few 'trusted"
words we knew and they were very similar to Serbo-Croatian. After
coping with 14 countries, 12 languages and 10 currencies in 12 weeks
we were lucky to be able to Hello and Thank You without getting
confused in the end.
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The very wonderfully decorated Cathedral
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I loved the unusual decorations on the facade of this building.
It seemed almost more Maori than European but then I thought
it was reminiscent of some of the European embroidery designs
on national costumes
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What a pretty building
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The impressive doors to the cathedral
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The cathedral dome
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The Dragon Bridge. The river winds through Ljubljana and
there are many bridges. This is one of the most famous.
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And it does have its own castle - there is a very steep walk
up to it though - lost a few kilo getting here!
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Just one of the shopping streets - and I think you could
be in Austria.
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The outdoor market - right opposite where we stayed. Fruit,
veges, clothes, flowers, trinkets, fish.....
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The extraordinarily beautiful pulpit in the cathedral.
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Another shopping street
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The river
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The Triple Bridge - it goes in three directions across the
river
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Don't you just love this sign? But he does look more Tyrolean
than Slav.
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The Church of St Francis
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Across the Triple Bridge towards St Francis
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Here you can see the three separate "paths" of
the bridge. The bridge was designed by a famous Slovenian
architect, Josef Plecnik
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You can see that the castle is high above the town. This
is from a postcard - hence the greenery! You can see the cathedral
bell towers on the left.
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A lovely little wall shrine - so common in all of Europe
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Ljubljana Town Hall with the cathedral in the background
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The Dragon Bridge - from the front
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Slovenian flag flies over the castle tower
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A very decorative Town Hall Clock
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The exterior of the Castle
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