Tag Archives: Slovenia

Friday Postcard: Piran, Slovenia

Friday Postcard: Piran, Slovenia

Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by .

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A vibrant window pot in the coastal city of Piran. The area is so close to Italy that even the street signs are in both Slovenian and Italian, and the city itself takes on a distinctly Venetian feel. The medieval walled area is full of narrow steep passageways where little light creeps in. It’s only [...]

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Journey Around the Balkans: A Round-up

Journey Around the Balkans: A Round-up

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by .

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Over the past six months or so, I have been slowly chronicling my journey through the Western Balkans. Now that I’ve completed my slowly building PR campaign, I thought I would do a round up of the many Balkans related posts I’ve written: 5 Reasons to Visit the Balkans Now Bosnia: The Forgotten City of [...]

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The Julian Alps in Pictures

The Julian Alps in Pictures

Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by .

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This is probably going to make me sound like a travel agent, but Slovenia is like a tiny best of Europe package deal. At the center you have, Ljubljana, the cutest city ever. Head South and you can absorb Balkan culture and strange Karst landscapes. Go west towards the Adriatic and you might as well [...]

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Ljubljana- The Cutest European Capital You Can’t Pronounce

Ljubljana- The Cutest European Capital You Can’t Pronounce

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by .

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Ljubljana is completely unreal.  As in, it literally does not seem like a real place. It’s too clean, too pastel and too nice- kind of like if Disney decided to build a European capital and give it a whimsical unpronounceable name. Except that unlike Disney, there’s actual character lying behind the sparkling façade. Even the [...]

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My Three Best Kept Travel Secrets

My Three Best Kept Travel Secrets

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by .

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I’ve been tagged this week by both Gray at Solo Friendly and Shannon at A Little Adrift to take part in TripBase’s 3 Best Travel Secrets Project. TripBase is creating a master resource of little known restaurants, locations and activities from travel bloggers all over the net. I found this assignment somewhat challenging. I’m such [...]

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5 Reasons to Visit the Balkans Now

5 Reasons to Visit the Balkans Now

Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by .

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I spent a little over a month backpacking around the Western Balkans last summer, and it is an amazing, often overlooked, chunk of Europe. Although the area is notorious for the bloody civil wars of the 1990’s, it is now a peaceful and welcoming place and a new tourist destination ideal for young travelers. Here [...]

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Piran by Surprise

Piran by Surprise

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by .

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I visited Piran by accident. After several lovely days in Ljubljana, my boyfriend and I originally intended to head north to Slovenia’s wine region. I was very excited to visit a small medieval town called Ptuj, mainly because I am really not mature and the name is pronounced “Pahtoohie.” However, due to my inability to [...]

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