Traveling: Ljubljana 2018

Sunday, 13 May 2018

Ljubljana 2018 - Part 1

Going To Ljubljana

Friday - April 20th 2018

Since Claudia and I hadn't been away from home since London, except for a night in Munich, we decided to go to Ljublijana for a much needed long weekend break. We got up early packed our stuff and soon we hit the road towards Slovenia. On the way to Ljubljana we stopped at Lake Bled. There we hiked to Castle Bled, but the line to get into the castle was too long and so we just did a short walk along the lake. Since there wasn't anything else to do, we hit the road again and 45 minutes later we arrived in Ljubljana.

Lake Bled

Castle Bled

Lake Bled

Our modern hotel named Cityhotel was conveniently located near the Old Town but due to construction zones it took us a while to find it. After we finally found the entrance to the hotel's parking garage, we checked in. We got a nice room facing the courtyard of the hotel and that meant that it was very quiet. Once we unpacked our luggage, we headed into the inner city and were surprised how lovely the Old Town of Ljubljana was. Basically the whole inner city is a pedestrian zone filled with restaurants and lovely bars.

Cityhotel Ljubljana

Our Room

View from our Room

Cathedral

Old Town

Cathedral

Old Town

At a nearby marketplace there was a food festival going on and needless to say we had to get a beer. To our surprise there were also many vegan options and so we tried a delicious strawberry cake. Later we just strolled around the old town until we found a nice bar next to the river Ljubljanica. There we got another drink and then we went back to the hotel to refresh a bit before we headed out again for dinner at Loving Hut. Afterwards we got ice cream and had another drink at a lovely bar in the Old Town.