Ljubljana Travel Guide, Ljubljana, Slovenia (B)

Technically, I am older than Slovenia. The city of Ljubljana (Loo-blee-ahh-naa) has been an important and influential city for centuries, but it wasn’t until the country declared independence from Yugoslavia 25 years ago, that Slovenia and its capital existed independently as they do today. Nevertheless, as they say in Slovenia; “It is small, but it is ours. So we must be proud”, and they have every right to be proud; Slovenia is a beautiful, rich country, and Ljubljana is a jewel of a capital city.

We were only in Ljubljana for two nights, which doesn’t seem like a lot of time but we found it to be just right. It’s a small city, very clean, with friendly people and good beer. Slovenians have manners and free public toilets, a blessing after months of travel. They have good food and wine. It’s a great place.

We arrived on a Montenegro Airlines flight from Podgorica that cost €76 each and took exactly one hour. From the airport we caught a shuttle directly to our accommodation for €9 each; although there is the number 28 bus that costs around €4 to the city bus station, we were hungry and couldn’t be bothered getting another connecting bus. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).