Slovenia, impressions

I know I promised panorama-esque images but VB Image Host restricts the file size too much and I must find a good image host that doesn't restrict.. so anyways. It's been two years nearly since I was in Slovenia, in Ljubjana. So I've decided to blog about my impressions so the single photo doesn't look as pathetic as it does without text.

I went to Northeastern Italy and Slovenia with my mum and dad. We had rented a car to go to Slovenia in and I think my mum was worried because we had to get permission to take it into Slovenia (something about it being on a list of countries that one can't take rental cars into without permission).

My first impression after crossing the border was amazement. It is a beautiful country and an environment I'd never really encountered before (hilly and green with flat between). It was a lovely drive but I would have enjoyed to walk it just as well.

Ljubjana to me has an interesting mixture of architectures, maybe again because I'd never encountered the building style. It is probably one of my favourite cities to have visited and would certainly love to go back and visit again. I enjoyed walking through the city and stopping sometimes at a café to have toast (with cheese! delicious cheese! I wish I knew what type of cheese it was ,-,)...

One thing I was glad of was that (at the time) there was no bloody euros. A relief at last, an interesting currency. I was sad to learn that Slovenia was changing to the euro. So I kept some currency and took it home. >.>

Bled was a very nice region too, I liked stopping on the way back in a village with an iron forge... I can't remember the village's name but I believe the forge was called "Uko". My mum befriended a very nice woman who gave us directions through her English-speaking son. ^^

All in all, despite not having enough time to thoroughly explore Slovenia, I enjoyed it. I wish to go back some day. Perhaps in the near future ^^