Sightseeing at Llublijana and Farewell dinner 2/25/06

This morning we started with a visit to Llublijana - a nice big city in Slovenia. The bus took us all around town to see the City Hall, the foreign embassies, the Parliament , Robba's Fountain and the three Bridges. A big temporary stage was built right next to the church. The music they played was really loud. The people were celebrating some kind of festival today. A lot of people young and old were wearing costumes, something like what we do for Halloween in America.

When we were left free to explore the town, first we went to look for the MacDonald restaurant in order to use their restroom. This particular MacDonald has something new installed. You need to buy something to get the code to use the restroom. Pretty clever eh? Then we headed for the open -air market where they sell fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The fish market and meat market are both indoors. On our way back to our meeting point, we even got the chance to watch the parade.

The last stop before getting back to the hotel was a visit to the Bled Castle. The view up on top of the castle was just wonderful and magnificent. It was worth the climb uphill in the cold.

During our free time, Daniel and I went to shop for candies and cookies to bring home for our relatives. The rest of our gang went for a walk around the lake. For our Farewell Dinner we had a choice between traditional farmer's meal or chicken. Since Daniel does not like trying new food, I suggested we ordered one each. It turned out the Chicken dinner was a much better choice. However, everyone seemed to have a good time at the dinner, taking pictures of each other. This whole trip was quite wonderful after all.