Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Saturday, November 16
Hotel breakfast - take the bus back to explore Ljubljana before late
train to Vienna - Slovenian industry and development is very evident as
the bus descends out of the Alps back to the city that is very modern and
somewhat suburban in layout
The city of Ljubljana is lovely and getting more so the farther into
it one goes - the older center is a huge street market today
The so-called Triple Bridge (one vehicular bridge flanked by two
pedestrian bridges) crosses the river Sava - the beautiful Dragon Bridge
is seen just around the corner
Food everywhere - all kinds of practical as well as fanciful items -
permanent stalls and indoor shops line the river - more food, even
clothing - very clean and bustling
We walk down an old commercial street, looking in windows -
cobblestones all over, still - another small bistro, another great pizza
Back to the market to buy pottery - this late in the journey it's not
so bad to carry - slower walk back to train station for 4:00 train - bye,
Slovenia!
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Market
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Grab a compartment and close the curtain - conductor lady looks at
ticket and says something about a "boos" - a bus? - she doesn't speak
English or German - asks a policeman on the train to tell us what it means
- we must get off in Maribor, ride a bus to a different station, then
take that train to Vienna - all this even though our car is labled "Wien"!
- very disconcerting and confusing
Dark - we stop in Maribor - scramble off train - hop on bus with
everyone else on our car - bus takes off immediately through city streets
- signs indicate that Graz, Austria is ahead - "Are we driving to Graz?"
New train station, scramble onto last car - within 30 seconds we're
off like a rocket - Vienna two hours later
Back to the Fuerstenhof - we ask for the same room we had two weeks
ago - wonderful sleep