Slovenia Sun

Slovenia was a last minute trip. 5 other girls and I wanted to go to Switzerland but it was pretty expensive, so we just bought tickets to Ljubljana two days before we left instead ha. I wasn’t sure about the place when we first arrived. It was 6am and everything was dark and looked pretty dirty, but the next day we took a tour around the old part of the city and I fell in love with it. There was just something about the feeling and culture of the place. Every local we met was proud to be there and everyone hung out outside—at night the streets and parks became filled with people talking and mingling. Our hostel was great as well. It was really small and cosy. We met quite a lot of other travelers there and went on a few trips with two of them. I think that is my favorite part about hostels: everybody is in the same boat—everybody’s far away from home, curious about the world, and wanting to make friends with its inhabitants. The last day of our trip we took a bus to Lake Bled which is about an hour away. It’s a really touristy part of Slovenia, but really beautiful! We had a picnic by the lake and then rented a row boat for two hours! There’s an island in the middle of the lake so we rowed there and went swimming for a while then rowed back. It was probably one of the most refreshing and relaxing afternoons with the sound of the oars in the water and the sun beating down on us.

The view from the island