Mi Ljubimo Ljubljana*

We were especially interested in spending some time in this Slovene capital city, since it was the original plan for our entire sabbatical year abroad. Boy, it would have been different! But what a lovely city!

First off, the trains are old-school. What fun to be able to open a window and smell the countryside passing us by!

There are lots of dragons around town, which is pretty cool. How could you not like a town where their patron animal is a fairy tale creature?

Of course we did our usual thing, just wandering around town, following our whims,

finding good places for art breaks,

storming the castle,

and playing in playgrounds of course.

Plus, Slovenia is a beekeeper’s heaven. They love their pollinators, and have unique bee houses and methods, so of course that was fun and interesting for us (one especially)!

We also got to be there for Easter. We allowed ourselves the freedom to eat plenty of pastries and went to a church service (which was surprisingly mundane). Then we staged our own egg hunt and made up French skipping rhymes and tossed the frisbee in the sunshine.

And again, we could have spent much more time here. Slovenia is a beautiful place we only scratched the surface of.

Next stop, Croatia!

*We Love Ljubljana. Although the name for the town probably derives from a Germanic word for “swamp,” it’s much nicer to think of it as a city spawned from love (as would seem logical based on the Slovene word for “love”).