Ljubljana

 12/16: We arrived to our new place, which required a few more steps as our place was in old town where cars are restricted. We’ll be here for 5 nights (12/16 - 12/21). We dropped our stuff, and went out to explore.

On the list to find is candy canes

Cool changing lights on the castle

I love this lightpost ❤️

Last week of school for the kids! Bob and I took a walk the next morning through town and into the huge park right outside the city center

School break with a walk up to explore the castle 

The town is very lit up for Christmas - lovely!

The dragon bridge - the symbol of Ljubljana representing strength, courage, and resilience 

Mid-afternoon stop for a fancy cookie and coffee

Chopping up the gingerbread man

We found Santa

We went to Pop’s Pizza two times for dinner - I think it was my favorite pizza ever - the Matera - so I took a picture of the ingredients and hope to try and recreate at home 🤞

The Illusion Museum - we liked the bathroom door sign: ‘whatever - just wash your hands after.’

We went to the Škocjan Caves - our final Unesco Heritage site. It is the largest cave in the world, and was absolutely incredible to see! We have said that a lot on this trip: “I’m not sure what I expected, but this was way cooler than I thought!”

The lighted path down

The bridge across

Coming out the other side

Yes! UNESCO!

The hike back to the top - the whole tour was over 800 steps!

The castle outside Postojna Cave - we just went to see the outside 

Last night in Ljubljana

After meeting “Pop” our first night, we made friends with a few waiters our second night. A lemoncello shot as we said goodbye :-)

Our texts to each other the evening Bob and I went to Pop’s and the kids ate at home (their choice: McDonald’s)

Goodbye to our awesome place in Ljubljana! Such an awesome location! One unique thing we will remember about this place is the toilet within the shower area! So strange!

Ljubljana memories: Walk in huge city park, kids finished school (Spanish and math tests in a row), Christmas markets, mulled wine sold everywhere - keeps you warm while walking around!, two nights of Pops pizza, watched Red One (entertaining!), going to the caves, playing Codenames (on Simone’s Advent calendar:-) in the car for an hour while we waited for the tour to start.

Off to our final stop: Lake Bled.