Ljubljana Slovenia

So the Lewises head for another place that we have never been to and knew little about. Pam got a long weekend because of a national holiday in the C.R, their Independence Day. We decided to head south for decent weather and were not disappointed. The car trip took us through the gorgeous mountains of Austria then into Slovenia which used to be part of the former Yugoslavia. A glorious warm fall day was illuminated by the sun in a cloudless sky. The trees were in high peak color and the mountains were on fire with that color. This was highlighted by the snow-capped Alps in the background. Our destination, Ljubljana, is the capitol of the small country of Slovenia. It is filled with university students, 65,000 of them. Many of them sit at cafes next to the Sava river and sip espresso discussing everything. Our visit included a trip to the national museum of art, a fine place with excellent works, and the city museum which gave a history of the city and environs, dating back well before the Romans. Both places included artifact titles in English. In fact most of the people we talked to there were speakers of English. The other major sight we visited was the castle which overlooks the city high on a rocky crag above. There were magnificent views of the town and environs with a particularly good vista of the eastern Alps. The restaurant food we got was delish and there was plenty of it. On Saturday, we visited a small nearby medieval type town called Kranj. I can't tell you how it's pronounced but it was a very pleasant place to stroll away the warm afternoon and have some coffee and goo. Sunday morning before we left we stopped at the flea market and of course bought some junk. Another gem from central Europe and only six hours away by car.