Great day yesterday. What a fabulous city Ljubljana is. It’s got it all really. Overlooked by an imposing castle, beautiful old town huddled around the castle, great buildings…baroque and secessionist…but best of all, as you probably know, it buzzes with life, the river and streets lined with cafes and restaurants. Such a beautiful town to wander, sit in a cafe(with wifi) by the river and have a chat to Rosa. All very relaxing and civilised. We had a light lunch as we’d booked to dine in the evening in our favourite Trieste restaurant Nero Di Seppia.
But not to get off too lightly there was the fucking castle to climb up to in the afternoon. I reckon this was the mother of all climbs. Anyway, undaunted we got up there. As is fairly routine Chris and I lost each other (all her fault of course) and when I was sitting around waiting for her and recovering from the climb, I got it into my stupid head to climb the tower….after all it was the view we were here for, wasn’t it???
So up I went….good view for sure, then down I came and met Chris. By this time my legs were jelly-like and then we started the descent. Choosing the worst possible path down, very rough and very, very steep. Twice I slithered over on to my bum!!
Anyway, got down and charged for the first cafe we saw to have a coffee. There were a few other buildings we wanted to see so we walked a bit more, then found the car and headed for Trieste. We went to a very trendy bar owned by the son of Chris’ friend and I had the best red I’ve had to date ‘Sancin’ just for reference….it was great. And we got our 2 glasses each for a mere 10Eu due to Chris knowing the owner chap. Added bonus , they had Wifi and I was able to connect with the London contingent. Loved that!!
On to the restaurant for another marvellous meal of spaghetti with tuna eggs and pistachios and another pasta with scampi followed by a beautiful baked fish called Orta. All just too divine really. We got back very tired but very satisfied with a great days work, and piled straight into bed.
Today is another day as I write this on the balcony overlooking the water. Its been cooler for the last few days and it rains a bit from time to time. The relief from the heat is very welcome but supposed to heat up again for the weekend which will break the peace of our little, very quiet, spot by the sea, as the crowds will arrive with the heat.