Mesti trg 4 vinoteka12/17/2023 ![]() The first few days in Ljubljana, I had to work. While some of the staples of the city, like Julija and the embankments on either side of the Ljubljanica river, remained as busy as ever. I noticed that some of the places from my last visit, like Robba, had closed down (or perhaps, undergoing renovation as a quick Google Translate of the sign outside suggests?), its outdoor areas now occupied by a bar ( Pritličje) and a hip new restaurant ( SISI). (Short on time? Try this Slovenia quick list instead.)įinding myself in the pastel-coloured streets of Ljubljana once again was an absolute joy! It was interesting to see how the city seemed to have changed so much, yet not at all at the same time: Or is it the day trips you want to hear more about? Then, I think you may like this post. Intrigued? Well, why don’t you grab a cuppa, scroll down and join us in Ljubljana? And you know what that means… lots of anecdotes, reviews and recommendations! Somehow, our totally unplanned trip ended up having everything from chilled days spent in Ljubljana settling into the rhythm of the city and taking it all in at a leisurely pace (sometimes with a coffee in one of the squares, sometimes with a book in Tivoli Park) to days spent driving around to other towns/cities, climbing up hills and towards waterfalls, renting boats and tasting wine, sometimes all in one day. So what did we do? Well, we just booked the last decent hotel room in Ljubljana for the week, got a 4-day car rental, and got ourselves on that plane with zero plans! ![]() It seemed we arrived in the middle of a great rental car shortage (yup, it was a thing), so even if we had a plan/list, we probably couldn’t see them all anyway. ![]() We booked our plane tickets and hotel very last minute (5 days before our departure date, to be specific), so we didn’t have a lot of time to plan or book anything. Our stay back in 2017 was short and limited only to the capital of this beautiful country, but it was enough to make both me and my brother determined to come back here as soon as we possibly could… Of course, then life happened, so my prompt(!) return to Slovenia didn’t actually take place until five years -or two graduations, a wedding and a global pandemic- later, and this time, I had some time to kill and a new travel buddy: Mister… And boy, was it a trip to remember! If you have seen my earlier post on Ljubljana, then you know that my love of Slovenia started quite some time ago. The burial mound holding the remains of the members of the first Bela krajina unit was established in 1950 and sculptor Jakob Savinšek’s monument featuring large reliefs was finished in 1961.Hey there, welcome to my ultimate Ljubljana Guide! A monument to Bela krajina’s World War II victims was erected according to the plans by architect Marko Župančič. In World War II, between 19, Bela krajina lost a whole tenth of its population and so, after the war, the hill above Črnomelj was designated a memorial space. A few years later, Austrian Emperor Francis I had a chapel built to commemorate the Austrian victory in said encounter however, the chapel was demolished at the close of the 19th century, when a cutting nursery was established on the hill.ĭuring World War II, the Italian occupying army set up cannons on Griček to shell national liberation force positions. ![]() The cellar was at least two centuries old when it was demolished in a clash between Črnomelj residents and smaller detachments of Napoleon’s army in October of 1809. In the 1670s, the notable Carniolan polymath Janez Vajkard Valvasor stayed at the cellar and sketched his townscape there. The structure was connected to the commandery in the town itself. GRIČEK, A HILL OF CONSIDERABLE HISTORY The old name for the hill overlooking the town was Komendski hrib, because it was the location of a large built cellar of the Teutonic knights, which was the order in charge of the town at the time.
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