We're heading off to Slovenia today.
On the way we passed though rolling green hills and valleys. The weather is overcast with some light showers.
We stopped off at a highway comfort stop as we do most days. There are a lot of trucks at these stops,even today which is public holiday all over Europe. There are very strict driving rules limiting the driving hours for large vehicles. The vehicles computer can be accessed by the traffic police at anytime by driving along Next to the vehicle and receiving the information via Bluetooth
Anyway, here you can buy a small coffee for
as little as $8.
We stopped at Graz for another sprint tour.
More amazing Austrian buildings.
We caught a lift up to the top of the hill where there were some fabulous views. There is a ruin of a bastion up here that was built in 1550. It has been turned into concert hall with balconies in the old rooms. A roof covers the entire thing.
Then it was off to Ljubljana in Slovenia.
This is such a marvelous city, no cars in the city centre. It was voted the number one destination in the world be Trip Adviser. So it is getting busy.
It is a clean forward thinking city with architecture based on the Italian styles.
An earthquake in 1895 reduced whole neighborhoods to ruin. These parts have been rebuilt in Art Nouveau style. Absolutely fabulous.
Public transport is low emission.
Ljubljana is the European green capital.
The squat-turned-cultural area is the go-to for live music and has night spots and public art (graffiti) in the old army barracks.
The dragon bridge (also known as the Mother in Law Bridge) built in 1901, was the first reinforced concrete bridge in Europe. It was trialed here because if it failed and fell down, no-one would notice.
However it was a success and now all bridges throughout the world are constructed from Reinforced concrete
Soon after independence (1991) the old army barracks were inhabited by the free thinking youth (hippies) to prevent it from being torn down, it has become a public art work.
We had a guided walk that was great where we learnt about the dragon and Dragons bridge. St George is the Patron of the castle.
We stopped off at a highway comfort stop as we do most days. There are a lot of trucks at these stops,even today which is public holiday all over Europe. There are very strict driving rules limiting the driving hours for large vehicles. The vehicles computer can be accessed by the traffic police at anytime by driving along Next to the vehicle and receiving the information via Bluetooth
Anyway, here you can buy a small coffee for
as little as $8.
We stopped at Graz for another sprint tour.
More amazing Austrian buildings.
We caught a lift up to the top of the hill where there were some fabulous views. There is a ruin of a bastion up here that was built in 1550. It has been turned into concert hall with balconies in the old rooms. A roof covers the entire thing.
Then it was off to Ljubljana in Slovenia.
This is such a marvelous city, no cars in the city centre. It was voted the number one destination in the world be Trip Adviser. So it is getting busy.
It is a clean forward thinking city with architecture based on the Italian styles.
An earthquake in 1895 reduced whole neighborhoods to ruin. These parts have been rebuilt in Art Nouveau style. Absolutely fabulous.
Public transport is low emission.
Ljubljana is the European green capital.
The squat-turned-cultural area is the go-to for live music and has night spots and public art (graffiti) in the old army barracks.The dragon bridge (also known as the Mother in Law Bridge) built in 1901, was the first reinforced concrete bridge in Europe. It was trialed here because if it failed and fell down, no-one would notice.
However it was a success and now all bridges throughout the world are constructed from Reinforced concrete
Soon after independence (1991) the old army barracks were inhabited by the free thinking youth (hippies) to prevent it from being torn down, it has become a public art work.
We had a guided walk that was great where we learnt about the dragon and Dragons bridge. St George is the Patron of the castle.
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