 | SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS-HUNGARY-PART THREE
2009-10-18, Maribor, Slovenia. By: NO2NDHOME | | ( Excerpt from my book: OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, AMAZON.COM)
Leaving our comfortable guest house nearby Celje after a satisfying breakfast, except for the instant coffee, we set off for Maribor, Slo... |
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 | SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS- HUNGARY- PART TWO
2009-10-14, Celje, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | Excerpt from my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, AMAZON.COM
While at Bogensperk Castle we were introduced to the Slovenian custom of the five-minute waiting period just before the marriage takes place.... |
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 | SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS: HUNGARY
2009-10-03, Celje, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | (Excerpts from my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, Amazon.com)
As I have noted before, a major factor in Elysee and I deciding to spend a summer in Slovenia, is it being excellently situated to enable ... |
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 | SLOVENIA SIDE TRIPS: AUSTRIA DAY FOUR
2009-08-15, Vienna, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | From my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, AMAZON.COM.)
On our last evening in Vienna we took a decidedly different approach to dinner. On this night we actually dressed up (that means I put on a jacket)... |
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 | Slovenia Side Trips:Austria- Part Three-DINING
2009-07-18, Vienna, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | Excerpted from my book: OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA- AMAZON.COM
Vienna is no exception to most large world capital cities in having many dining options. From serving grand multi-waitered, multi-course m... |
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 | THE HAYRACK: KAZOLEC
2009-04-12, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | (Excerpted from my book OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA. AMAZON.COM)
Big Ben is England, the Eiffel Tower is France, the Statue of Liberty is the United States, and so on for other countries. What about Slo... |
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 | SLOVENIA'S BEE MUSEUM-PART TWO
2009-03-21, Radovljica, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | Excerpted from my book: Our Summer in Slovenia, Amazon.com
More on Slovenia's position in the world on bee keeping. Even today there are more than 10,000 beekeepers in Slovenia second only to Argen... |
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 | SLOVENIA'S BEE MUSEUM-PART ONE
2009-02-08, Radovljica, Slovenia. By: NO2NDHOME | | (Excerpted from my book Our Summer in Slovenia Amazon.com)
Not in my wildest imaginings, no matter how many hallucinogens I might have taken, would the idea of visiting a bee museum have occurred t... |
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 | Golf Slovenia-PART TWO
2008-12-29, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | (excerpted from my book: Our Summer in Slovenia, amazon.com)
The golfing experience at the Bled Golf and Country Club is highly complemented by the facilities and service. Weather permitting Elysee... |
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 | GOLF SLOVENIA-PART ONE
2008-11-22, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | When Elysee and I contemplate where in the world we might spend the summer, golf is consideration. Not that we are accomplished golfer, far from that. But we enjoy the pastime, and travel with our clu... |
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 | LJUBLJANA-A DAY TRIP-PART THREE
2008-10-29, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | It was a lovely Saturday in June. The Capital was alive with shoppers and day trippers, enjoying the spring-like weather. We visited St. Nicolas Cathedral c.1461, which is immensely Baroque and had ho... |
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 | LJUBLJANA DAY TRIP- PART TWO
2008-10-07, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | The photo shows many structures competing in the center of the capital, three bridges converge, and three architectural styles are seen; Art Deco in the distance, Italian Rococo on the left and Frenc... |
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 | Ljubljana-A day trip
2008-09-24, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | As my readers know, my wife and I stay in a different place in the world each year, and I write a travel journal about the experience. (See my profile for more.) During our summer in Slovenia we made ... |
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 | Slovenia's Summer Sports
2008-08-31, Slovenia, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | (Taken from Our Summer in Slovenia)
In addition to golf which I shall describe separatly, Slovenia's mild, abundant sunshine, and clear unpolluted summer days provide a havan for those who apprecia... |
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 | Skofja Loka-so close but still so far
2008-08-01, Skofja Loka, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | (From Our Summer in Slovenia)
A 45 minute ride from Bled, and about the same from Ljubljana, Skofja Loka retains many of the trappings of its medieval past. The ancient Capuchin Bridge built in the... |
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 | Vintgar Gorge
2008-07-23, Vintgar, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | One of my five Must Do/See in Slovenia ( visit my website [url]www.marshallpublications.com[/url] ) is a few hours delightful walk through the Slovenian countryside from Bled. A natural site cut by t... |
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 | Our Love Nest in Bled
2008-07-10, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | As pointed out in my book "Our Summer in Slovenia" (Amazon.com) each year my wife and I go to a different place in the world for the entire summer. In Slovenia we found an ideal place to live for thre... |
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 | We stayed in Bled for the summer
2008-07-01, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | Excerpted from my book Our Summer in Slovenia (see google books or Marshallpublications.com)).
"Having set course to settle for the summer in Slovenia the next item was to decide where to live. Wha... |
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 | Slovenia book published
2008-06-26, Bled, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | Recently, my book, OUR SUMMER IN SLOVENIA, was published and is available under that title on Amazon.com. The bookcover photo shows Elysee alongside Lake Bled with the Bled castle in the background.We... |
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 | Guesthouse Lectar
2004-07-21, Radovljica, Slovenia. By: no2ndhome | | One of my favorite resturants in Slovenia, Gostilna Lectar. Located in Radovljica (ra-dyov-nye-cha) it serves fine food and authentic Slovenian dishes such as buckwheat cakes, local saugsage cooked in... |
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 | sun sun sun
2007-07-01, Piran, Slovenia. By: tetoro | | left this am to Slovenia leaving cat and mark behind.
Through heaps of tunnels, tolls and border control without a backward look.
Very hilly to start with then very like a small italy with way l... |
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 | Wish we were here for longer
2007-05-29, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: kirmish | | This is easily the best hotel we have stayed at so far, the water is hot and there is water pressure, the beds have proper dooners an pillows and the place has a heated towell rack - sweet. After a qu... |
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| The caves
2007-05-29, Postojna, Slovenia. By: kirmish | | On our way to Ljubljana we stopped for a tour of the Postojna caves wich are one of the largest caves in Europe with 27km's of caverns the largest being 40 metres high where they sometimes hold concer... |
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 | The Laws Of Physics Cease To Exist
2007-04-26, Bled, Slovenia. By: mala | | "Bled Lesce. That's the next stop," our friendly neighborhood conductor points out as he checks our tickets. Yes, thank you. As we gather our things, the train rolls to a stop. Maybe the truth is that... |
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 | Life in Ljubljana
2006-07-10, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: morts | | Hi all,
Hope this finds you well. Latest progress, drifted down from Budapest, through Vienna, and down to Slovenia. Currently in the sleepy but charming little Slovenian capital of Ljubljana after... |
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 | Pinch me, I'm dreaming!
2005-09-24, Bled, Slovenia. By: saradekker | | It's been about a month since my last journal in Poland, but it seems like so much more time has gone by than one mere month. From Poland we traveled to several other countries, one of my highlights ... |
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 | Ljubljana!
2005-05-19, Ljubljana, Slovenia. By: brianl | | Well, Im in Slovenia now, Ljubljana to be precise. Things here are very nice, even if the keyboard has all of the keys in the wrong place. I was really correct when I called this place the "Poo... |
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