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Quiet Sundays
Author: Krista February Sundays in Ljubljana are very quiet. Very few to no tourists and most commercial businesses are closed on Sundays with the exception of cafes, some restaurants and lekarnas (pharmacies), gas stations, and a bakery chain called Perkarna which have very nice seeded rolls. In fact, some businesses are also closed or have…
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Our Day Amongst the Beasts of Ptuj
On Saturday, we took a train to a town called Ptuj (pronounced p-too-ee) in Eastern Slovenia, along the Drava River. Normally a quiet riverside town like many others around it, the place goes berserk for its version of Carnaval, called “Kurentovanje.” To quote Lonely Planet, this is… “…a rite of spring and fertility that dates…
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Chester’s Tale: The Journey from Oakland to Ljubljana
A Cat’s Tale: The journey from Oakland to Ljubljana
The Js are Silent 