Slovenia!!
Wow, I actually felt little nervous just before taking my train to Trieste (Italy) before taking my bus to Koper, my first Slovenian city.
As soon as I crossed things changed in a way that I can't yet describe. I Only know that every house I passed had a vegetable garden and a small vineyard (una huerta y una parra)
Every house. I could see the cabages, the lettuces, or the runner beans, the courgettes... The land was so green, but was different from England, it was not just grass and trees nicely organized. This was a disorganized mixture of vegetables, grass, flowers, and trees. Disorganiyed but not untidy, no ugly, but beatiful.I know I can't describe it very well. It looked more like Southamerica though.
I arrived about 6 pm to an almost empty bus station with most information written in slovenian (or slovankan?, they call their language "slonvesko") and some in Italian, which I fortunately understand, but none of it seemed to be relevant, and I had no idea where to go to "town centre" ( the station was outside town, and I didnt know that)
So finally I guy that spoke english approched me to offer a taxi lift into town, which I accepted, feeling rather grateful. Later I found out that he ripped me off, though I only paid about 1.60 pounds for that lift.
I got into town and after a short walk I got to the hostel. It looked like a hospital, but they spoke english, and where very kind. The hostel has 380 rooms and only 4 of them are single, and I was given one!! that was so good, it meant that I could live all my stuff in the room and not worry about it.
Koper is rather small, at least the Old Town, which is where I was and stayed. I walk around for a little while and then headed to one of the lonely planet's well recomended restaurants for my first slovenian treat: grilled squid. (callamares grillados) They where the most delicious squid I ever had. When I was at the restaurant, eating in the terrace, it start raining so badly that I feared I wouldn't be able to go back to the hostel. But then stoped and everything was fine.
One very odd thing is that at the restaurant I paid about 1 pound for cover (the service) about 1.90 pounds for the french fries, and only 50p for a glass of wine!!
the same for a expresso all over slovenia, 40 to 60p, and the best is that they charge you the same for a double expresso.
As soon as I crossed things changed in a way that I can't yet describe. I Only know that every house I passed had a vegetable garden and a small vineyard (una huerta y una parra)
Every house. I could see the cabages, the lettuces, or the runner beans, the courgettes... The land was so green, but was different from England, it was not just grass and trees nicely organized. This was a disorganized mixture of vegetables, grass, flowers, and trees. Disorganiyed but not untidy, no ugly, but beatiful.I know I can't describe it very well. It looked more like Southamerica though.
I arrived about 6 pm to an almost empty bus station with most information written in slovenian (or slovankan?, they call their language "slonvesko") and some in Italian, which I fortunately understand, but none of it seemed to be relevant, and I had no idea where to go to "town centre" ( the station was outside town, and I didnt know that)
So finally I guy that spoke english approched me to offer a taxi lift into town, which I accepted, feeling rather grateful. Later I found out that he ripped me off, though I only paid about 1.60 pounds for that lift.
I got into town and after a short walk I got to the hostel. It looked like a hospital, but they spoke english, and where very kind. The hostel has 380 rooms and only 4 of them are single, and I was given one!! that was so good, it meant that I could live all my stuff in the room and not worry about it.
Koper is rather small, at least the Old Town, which is where I was and stayed. I walk around for a little while and then headed to one of the lonely planet's well recomended restaurants for my first slovenian treat: grilled squid. (callamares grillados) They where the most delicious squid I ever had. When I was at the restaurant, eating in the terrace, it start raining so badly that I feared I wouldn't be able to go back to the hostel. But then stoped and everything was fine.
One very odd thing is that at the restaurant I paid about 1 pound for cover (the service) about 1.90 pounds for the french fries, and only 50p for a glass of wine!!
the same for a expresso all over slovenia, 40 to 60p, and the best is that they charge you the same for a double expresso.
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