Anyway, Danjiel had a nice flat and we stayed in his living room. Here is a nice shot of his flat
Ljubljana was not what I expected – it was quiet, clean, and its people happy (maybe my expectation of eastern Europe was too harsh). Ljubljana, a small city of some 200,000 had a few sights for us to take in. I liked the "Dragon Bridge" which has a copper dragon at each of its four corners
And a prison that was converted into a hostel, which still maintains a bit of its prison feel.
We were told that during renovations each room was assigned to an artist with the same meager budget, and it was interesting to see how each room was done.
In the open air market we ran into a monster which I was able to video document. I am sure to get some sort of scientific award for my discovery.
Amanda dared me to go and feed him, so I brought him a fresh carrot and I survived to tell the tale.
Not far from Ljubljana is the small town of Postojna – home to Europe's biggest cave. It happens to be very well suited to tourism as it's almost horizontal for 20 km! They built a train track that runs 2 km into the cave, after which you can walk about 1 or 2 km further.
And it's huge in there. At some points the ceiling must be more than 50 feet up.
There were plenty of stalagmites, stalagtites, and columns to see.
And not only that, but it was well above 30 degrees outside, so it was really refreshing to spend an hour or st at +8 and out of the sun.
The next day we were off to Croatia, and decided sort of last minute to skip Zagreb and go to the small beach town of Pula instead. I know we won't get much sympathy from anyone, but the truth is that we needed a vacation from our holiday! Hey – there's only so many cathedrals, museums and castles that a guy can see before needing a break at a beach
Due to our last minute decision to come here we didn't try to arrange a Couch Surf, so we paid for three nights at an apartment owned by a very nice family. That's our suite just above the central garage door.
Right behind our flat was a small but reasonably intact Roman era ruin used as a venue for small concerts and things. One night during our stay there was something going on that we could hear, so we walked over and listened to this band for a while.
They were really enthusiastic
But try as we might, we just couldn't get away from museums and artifacts and whatnot. It turns out that at the centre of Pula is a pretty big Roman era ampitheatre.
One thing I found funny was this mini-golf by the beach. This thing was made entirely of concrete. It's going to outlast religion!
That house is solid concrete! I don't know what these guys were thinking when they made this thing. I mean, concrete construction requires plywood forms – so why not just make the obstacles out of wood and be done with it? But not this place – it's going to outlast religion!
After Pula we began a very long train journey up to Dresden to visit our friend Axel. There were many stops along the way. Here is us enjoying a typical train station lunch
And oh – see the luggage in the picture? That's everything we've got. One year, one bag and two carry on pieces. Not bad, eh?
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