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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: All about Romanians – Mediaeval Slovenia – Travel Safety in Albania
This week’s blogger round-up is focussed on Eastern Europe, a destination I find quite fascinating. To start off, Anda from Travel Notes & Beyond tells us what you should know about Romanians before you travel to the country where she was born. … Continue reading
Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Food shopping in Europe – Bridges of Ljubljana
In this week’s round-up, Carolyn from Holidays to Europe takes us on a quick food shopping tour of Europe while Adelina from Pack Me To provides an excellent explanation of the beautiful and fastastic bridges of Ljubljana in Slovenia, one of … Continue reading
My Croatian Itinerary – Part 7: Ljubljana in Slovenia
In part 6 of my Croatian itinerary, published way back in June last year, I recounted out stay in the Istria Peninsula. The next day we left Croatia for Slovenia. We stopped at the little mediaeval town of Vodnjan (Dignano) … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Croatia, Sightseeing, Slovenia
Tagged dragon bridge, Ljubljana, Slovenia, triple bridge, vodnjan
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Sunday’s Travel Photos – Ljubliana, Slovenia
I loved everything about Ljubljana – the city itself, the atmosphere, the people, the restaurants, the countryside – but I found it hard to photograph successfully. The weather wasn’t particularly good either which probably didn’t help. We had a wonderful … Continue reading
Christmas Tree’s Up!
When I was a child in Townsville, our Christmas tree was an athel pine. Well, I think it was anyway. You certainly couldn’t buy fir trees or go out and cut them down in the forest as Relationnel and his … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Croatia, Family, France, French customs, Slovenia
Tagged Christmas tree decorations
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Another Country, Another Language: from Taipei to Ljubljana
We were in Taipei on a 24-hour stopover on our way to Australia and Black Cat must have been about twelve. The language barrier was not easy as very few people spoke English once you set foot outside the hotel. … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, French customs, Slovenia
Tagged cycling, Slovenia, speaking French, Taiwan
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