Today we woke up to a bright and sunny day, much to Jake’s chagrin.
Today we were taken to a pretty little village built on top of waterfalls.

I wonder how long you would have to live here before you stopped noticing the sound?

I sent this video to Morgan. Remember how he designed our Icelandic itinerary so we would see as many waterfalls as possible?

He replied, “Where is this place? I want to move there!”

This is taken from the bridge above the town.

It was pretty, but I couldn’t help wondering how often the village gets flooded.

Then we were on our way to Slovenia.

Slovenia is the most economically advanced country in the Balkans. They were the first to join the EU.
The war in the 90’s only lasted 10 days here, as opposed to 5 years in Croatia and Bosnia, so they had a bit of a head start.

We have 2 nights in Ljubljana.

The first thing we saw when we got to the central square was an emu. Or ostrich. Either way, it was strange.

Later, we saw a kangaroo…

Tomorrow we have a walking tour in the morning, and then in the afternoon we’re going on an optional tour to see the caves.
Ljubljana has a castle. The only time we’ll be able to see it is today. You all know how much I love an authentic castle. This one was perched on a hill overlooking the town, and we decided to take the funicular up to have a look around.

It was supposed to cost around 25 euros for the castle admission and the funicular ride, but when we got there, we found that the castle was FREE!

My favourite price!

There was some sort of celebration at the castle, which was all good news to me.

It was even better news once we’d ridden up the funicular and started walking through the castle.

It was all very sanitised. Barely anything authentic had been spared at the castle, so it was more a Disney version of what a castle should be. I was so glad we’d got in for free. If I’d paid money for this “castle “ I wouldn’t have been happy.

As it was, we climbed the tower, saw the snow- capped mountains, watched the entertainment and escaped before the crowds.

One of the entertainments was a bird show. Behind the scenes, here is a bird of prey with a hood on, just as they did in the olden days.

A view from the tower of the courtyard below, while the hunting birds show was on.

Another view from the tower, this time looking out over the town. There are some very pretty buildings here.

After we left the castle, Blogless Sandy and I walked around the central part of town for a while.

Church bells were ringing for ages. I wondered if they were marking the anniversary of a battle or something, considering that they were celebrating something at the castle.

We ended up having dinner beside the river, under a big willow tree.

It’s a pretty place; I’m looking forward to our city tour tomorrow.

Dad joke of the day: