{"id":333,"date":"2017-05-21T10:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/?p=333"},"modified":"2017-05-21T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T10:51:03","slug":"back-in-ljubljana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/slovenia2017\/2017\/05\/21\/back-in-ljubljana\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Ljubljana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I get into Day 5 of our Slovenia trip, a quick story.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Brooke, Sami, Genie, and I all went out into the city to find dinner. Originally, we were thinking that we wanted Slovenian McDonalds, (it\u2019s awesome, don\u2019t knock it), but on our way there we changed our minds and decided that cevappi, a spiced sausage better known as a Balkan, not Slovenian, dish sounded better.<\/p>\n

To get our cevappi fix, we stopped at this hole-in-the-wall place that only had a grill, a window, and some counters. \"\"The guy in the restaurant greeted us in Slovene, and we responded in the limited Slovene that we\u2019ve learned before letting him know that we speak English. He hesitantly responded by telling us that he knew very little English. While this didn\u2019t seem convenient, we agreed that we would just find a way to communicate and get our cevappi.<\/p>\n

We ended up having a 20-minute conversation with this guy while he made our food. He spoke very good English, and we learned that he had been born in Serbia before moving to Budapest, and now Ljubljana. And, on top of that, the cevappi was absolutely outstanding and I plan to go back.<\/p>\n

In a microcosmic moment, that experience represents our trip so far. Whenever a challenge arises or something seems inconvenient, our needs are met and exceeded. This country amazes me.<\/p>\n

Today was a day that I\u2019ve been looking forward to since the start of the trip; today, we visited the Ljubljana castle that overlooks the city. Ever since we got to Ljubljana, that castle has been staring at us from atop its perch and just inviting us to come visit.<\/p>\n

But, before we visited the castle, we took a walking tour of Ljubljana, led by our tour guide Minka. A highlight of the walking tour was the\"\" library that we visited. I don\u2019t remember hearing the name, but I zone out a lot. (The blog editor knows it\u2019s the Semenska Knijzica, a Baroque library that at one time held a 1:1ratio of books to citizens of Ljbuljana.) I\u2019m not kidding when I say that this was the coolest library I\u2019ve ever stepped foot in. Books are already cool, but I\u2019m telling you that this place made books seem cool<\/em><\/p>\n

Next we moved on to the castle<\/p>\n

\"\"While the castle was more touristy than I was expecting\u2014there were glossy signs on every door, railings and glass windows all over the place, just stuff like that\u2014the view from the top tower was special. As the highest point in a very not tall city, the view from the tower allows you to see one-third of the entire country of Slovenia. Landscape and rooftops stretch on for miles and miles, and there\u2019s even a faint glimpse of Austria to the northwest and Croatia to the southwest. On a clear day you can see Mount Triglav, the country\u2019s highest peak.\"\"<\/p>\n

After visiting the castle and finishing our walking tour of Ljubljana, Ellen set us free for the day with the only rule being that we had to be back in the hotel by sundown (she didn\u2019t even tell us we had to follow the law [editor\u2019s note: but she did teach the rule about no jaywalking and being smart]\u2026best group leader of all time).<\/p>\n

Every Friday in the city center of Ljubljana is an event called Open Kitchen. Local restaurants all come and each one gets a food stand. They\u2019re all grouped together in one of the town squares and just cook food for whoever shows up and orders.<\/p>\n

Although we were all free to eat wherever we wanted, \"\"I don\u2019t think anyone chose to eat a meal that wasn\u2019t at the Odprta Kuhna (Open Kitchen). My two meals consisted of filet mignon and potatoes (lunch), roast pork and potatoes (dinner), and double chocolate strawberry gelato (dessert) across the river at Kakao.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Eisenauer, a sophomore, remains undecided about his major. However, his hobbies include writing\u2014particularly about sports\u2014watching sports, playing sports, thinking about sports, hanging out with his golden retriever puppy, and bothering Ellen. Ryan enjoys sports, so his cultural presentation is on sports in Slovenia\u2026go figure.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Before I get into Day 5 of our Slovenia trip, a quick story. On Wednesday night, Brooke, Sami, Genie, and I all went out into the city to find dinner. Originally, we were thinking that we wanted Slovenian McDonalds, (it\u2019s awesome, don\u2019t knock it), but on our way there we changed our minds and decided … <\/p>\n

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