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Ljubljana, Slivenia

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Hello! We are getting ready to head home, time to wrap things up. As I lay here in bed I hear the church bells chiming in the Old Town of Ljubljana. We enjoyed a lovely, if a little cool, four days here.  We had a little hiccup in our travels from Venice to Ljubjana, no big deal, we just had to take a bus part of the way where the rail was under construction. This is just part of traveling in Europe. Regardless, we arrived and found our studio apartment. The manager told us about the market on Saturday - I love a market! We bought honey, cheese and some salami. All delicious! Ljubljana has several famous bridges. This is from the Dragon Bridge. This dragon is the one Jason and the Argonauts fought when returning from stealing the golden fleece. The dragon is the protector of the city.  This Jesuit church was originally red but faded and was repainted this lovely salmon color. This statue in Preseren square is of Preseren. He was a poet as well as a general letch. He was marrie...
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Venice!!!!

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Hello from a train headed to Ljubljana. We had such a wonderful time in Venice with our friends. We hugged them goodbye with a tear in our eye today as they travel back to Houston. We arrived into the port at Trieste, disembarked and walked to the train station. Easy enough to hop on a train to Venice - it was a lovely journey, mostly along the coast. Arriving in Venice with lots of luggage, we employed a porter to bring our luggage to our apartment - this was money well spent! Arrival in Venice! So excited!! After getting food and wine we did a gondola ride! Saw these guys and Carsten said "the garbage men are here", a reference to a favorite movie! LOL We visited this beautiful church - Mary Frari. There were many important pieces of art inside by guys I have at least heard of ... The Assumption of Virgin Mary (by Titian 1515 1518) The choir area The Lion of Venice. Apparently the position of the wings, tail and paws tells you the disposition of the lion, i.e., is he teachi...
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Split and Koper

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Last day of the cruise! It has been fabulous, we have seen so many things it is hard to remember what was where?!?! That is the real purpose of the blog of course! So Split was supposed to be canoeing but Carsten wasn't feeling up to it so we skipped it (whew!). After a slow morning we headed into Split to walk around. It is another UNESCO walled city. Very cute with fun passage ways and plazas with lots of food, drink and shops. Statue of Gregory of Nin One of four gates to the city. These guys were singing, the acoustics were amazing. They had quite a suitcase of cash! Palace and Cathedral plaza. We had a lovely day and Carsten was feeling fine by the afternoon. Yay!!  We had a day at Sea before the last stop in Koper. We decided to spend the day doing something constructive - a bar crawl! We managed 7 out of 10 bars before going to bed.  How it started: How it ended: Today we had a very interesting excursion to Postojna Caves with a quick side stop at Predjama Castle. The c...
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