We are living about 50 minutes by local bus from Ljubljana (this was our choice), But it is easy to visit for a day trip. It was Saturday and in the central areas most businesses seem to only be operating over the morning. But there were certainly plenty of tourists like us ploughing along the streets of the whole town and checking the places out. It was certainly hot and felt like more than 30 degrees today so we were not moving along quickly. We liked the central markets; cherries, asparagus and other fruits looked good. After the obligatory coffee break we took the funicular up to the old castle overlooking the city and climbed up the tower for the great city views before going to sleep through a rather average video history of the city.
We observed a couple of wedding parties enjoying rather twee celebrations which included the release of white doves. Aaah and oooh you say.
From the castle we descended to the old city area by foot this time, where we had lunch in a cafe whilst watching a world cup football match. Looks like this football watching will be a common feature for the next few weeks.
After lunch we further explored the rest of the old city before running out of steam. We then had a drink or two, a cake and coffee before catching a late afternoon bus home.
Ljubljana is a city comfortable with itself without having a wide range of sights to take in. We were now more comfortable with our decision to stay out of town and visit as required.
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