Wednesday 10 August 2016

Wed10Aug16: "City Hotel", Ljubljana, Slovenia (rest day)

bridge abutment, Ljubljana
Apparently it was clear at 5am when Shirley (USA) walked up to the castle, but when I got up at 8am the clouds had closed overhead and the rain was pouring down.








Tivoli Park,Ljubljana


After breakfast I walked up to the Tivoli Park and an exhibit of contemporary paintings and pen & ink drawings by two Slovenian artists.










bronze-gilded statue 8thCE
After that it was over to the Slovenian National Museum and the Natural History Museum for some more insights into the history of this country.












Back at the hotel for blog and photo time, my netbook computer battery registered as very low and the AC/DC charger refused to function.  Short story?  I now own a new Asus netbook with a Slovenian keyboard, a Slovenian instruction booklet, English language loaded on the software, and many of the keys in different places.  Practicality over speed for the final week of my trip.
So far I've got no Skype or e-mail, but that's what tonight will hopefully resolve.

tourism promo photo
In my opinion, Slovenia is the Nederlands of southern Europe because this friendly and outgoing people have developed a clean, well-run country, and find it in their best interests to be strong in languages - especially English - to develop their tourism industry and get along with their much larger and stronger neighbours.  It's no wonder that the Nederlander tourists are so attracted to this place - it's so much like theirs, but it's all above sea level and even has real snow-capped mountains!

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