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| Celje Square |
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| View from Celje castle |
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| Ljublijana |
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| Ljublijana |
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| Dragon Bridge (Ljublijana) |
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| Ljiblijana |
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| Bled |
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| Bled |
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| Bohinj |
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| Bohinj |
Celje is a small city and not a touristic place. However I
enjoyed my Celje trip very much. Irena brings me to her family gathering at her
brother home which located on the top of the mountain. The view is amazing and
the food is awesome. There were many types of pancakes. Her nephew plays traditional
Slovenian music for me. The guests sing or hum while the music is flowing on
the air. There are not much tourists in Celje but it was a lovely and clean
small city. Celje castle navigates a sad story about forbidden love between
Prince Frederick and a lady Veronica. Frederick was locked in the castle for
lifelong and the lady was believed being killed or evicted.
Ljublijana were a small city. While I was at Celje, the
temperature was 36 degree Celsius. However, on the journey to Ljublijana, the driver
received a call from her son and was informed that there was a hailstorm in
Ljublijana. The temperature dropped sharply
to 20 degree Celsius. Most of the trees along the highway slant to one sides
and some were toppled. While I arrived Ljublina, the temperature was 20 degrees
only.
Darko showed me around the centre in the evening. It was lively
but not too congested. He was a sweet young man to bring an extra umbrella to
me. The market or city centre of Ljublijana was not so clean as Celje, rubbishes
were sprawling at the pathway. The river was quite clean but after drinking few
class of beer, Darko just pees at the riverside. Few year ago, some tourists from German jumped
and swam in the river. Slovenian people was shocked and not welcomed their
deeds. They should not do it in the city center. I joined the walking tour too,
it was quite interesting. Nevertheless, I was too exhausted to walk up to the
castle. A cheeseburger only costs 1 Euro but there was no McDonald at tourist
spots, I was very disappointed. Slovenian did eat horse meat but I lost the
chance to eat. It was interesting to find out that there was water meter of
every houses here, therefore they paid water bill by counting the number of
residents. It was strange.
I hitchhike to Bled and Bohinj for one day trip. The water
of Bled and Bohinj were very clean and clear. The visible was more than 1
meter. I was so regret that I didn’t prepare for swimming. It must be a
wonderful experience to swim in such clean water. Bled and Bohinj were really
beautiful, it was very worth to spend one or two days there. The water from
Bled and Bohinj were connected. Along the journey from Bled to Bohinj, the scene
was amazing and awesome. You can stop anywhere to enjoy the sparkling water. I
had visited many lakes in Europe, the lakes in Slovenian were the best.
People that I met
Irena has a wonderful lifestyle. She knows what she is going
to do and enjoying her life very much. She taught me about recognizing and categorizing
stones. I hope she will succeed in her new hotel business.
Darko is a very cute and shy host. He has a very kind heart.
He has a lot of crazy idea and I think he would be a very good husband and hope
he can find his wife soon. Even though, he was bullied by his mother and sister
for many year (he claimed these), he still prepared to give his wife fully
support and love. He was very sweet. He prepared an umbrella for me and a bus
card for all the surfers. We just need to top up the amount.
He is an interesting fortune teller. As he said, he was always right but reality
didn’t follow his fortune telling.
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