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Ljubljana- Day 2

We had a full day touring the city.  First was the Communist tour that lasted 2 1/2 hours.

Along with the tour we saw many sights of the city.

Pretty building

Mercedes car show

 

Then we took a break at a cafe in the middle of the tour.  Some of us tried Rokta.  It was the Coke that Slovenians drank because they could not import the real Coke.  It does not taste like Coke, but we were glad we tried it.

Break at the cafe

We continued the Communist tour that finished at 1pm.  We had to meet for the city tour at 3.  I’ll just give you the highlights.  We saw the lock bridge.


And the dragon bridge.

We did the same tour that we did 3 years ago and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Our group on the tour

Ljubljana 

We finally made it to Ljubljana around 2:45pm.  We were surprised to find a Palm tree and tiki hut photo opp on our way to the baggage claim.


Our shuttle to the hotel was waiting for us so off we went.  We checked in and got cleaned up to go to Center City (a short walk).  There was a good festival going on.  This happens every Friday, but we chose to go a couple of blocks away and have dinner at a restaurant.  Needless to say we were all tired.

Lard and Slovenian sausage

Ham and olives

We we were exhausted by then so we decided to call it a night.  A short walk back to the hotel and we retired for the night.  We have 2 tours scheduled for tomorrow but the first one is at 10:00am so we don’t’ have to be up at the crack of dawn.

Going to Slovenia

We made it to Tampa airport.  Of course we stopped for our celebratory Bloody Mary’s plus we ordered Irish soda bread.
We then flew to Atlanta to catch the plane to Paris.  We are now sitting in Charles DeGaul airport waiting for our flight to Ljubljana.  We have a 7 hour layover and we are all tired. Will check in again when we reach our destination.

Las Vegas

I’m now at the airport waiting to board the plane for LA.  Vegas airport is efficient.  Yesterday Beverly took me to where she used to live and it was really nice.  We stopped at a casino off the strip to lose more money, but the smaller casinos are great fun.  The we returned to the strip and went to the Stratosphere for another scenic view.  It was really quiet there.  Many crazy thrill rides.  You can jump off the top!  Then we made our way to Planet Hollywood for a show (really good) and then we had dinner.  We got home about 11pm – we had to get up early to return the car and get to the airport. 

aerial view of Vegas

  

still another view


 

last view of Vegas

  

Las Vegas 

We slept in – jet lag and late hous had taken their toll.  We then jumped in the car to head to Mount Charleston for lunch.  It is about 40 miles from Vegas in the mountains and a ski area. The ride was beautiful. We stopped in the parking lot of one of the lodges for a photo op then continued on to the Mt Charleston Lodge for lunch.  I had an elk burger – delicious.  After lunch we took another route to return to Vegas.  The scenery is stunning.  Vast valleys and you can see forever.  The pics may not reflect how beautiful it is because it was a bit hazy.  We returned to the hotel because they had a really nice dinner for us.  After dinner-it was about 8pm- we decided to stay in.  Beverly’s foot was hurting and my hip is killing me, so we took the night off. The bright side is we saved some money. 

View on way to mountains

  

Elk burger


 

scenic view

   

more scenery

  
  

still more scenery

  

heading to Vegas