I’d only been to Ljubljana center once before, years ago and at that time it was briefly and at night, so I had a little time today to go down to the old town and see things for myself and explore.
It is a small yet very nicely arranged part of town with a rather vast [...]
Archive for August, 2006
A little walk around Ljubljana
Posted in Slovenia (SLO) on August 28, 2006 | Comments Off
A Spirited Woman
Posted in Croatia (HR), Music, Video on August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a funny link I found, I saw the show on TV but not this interview. It is of the Croatian singer Severina at a interview at Eurosong 2006, she had a spirited number in a red dress that you either loved or hated, it made it to the finals [...]
PREDJAMSKI GRAD
Posted in Sights, Slovenia (SLO) on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This fabulous castle dates as far back as the 12th and 13th century–a magnificent sight to see jetting out of the rock cliff with a vast gaping cave below and the wide open blue sky above. I was incredibly fortunate to have gone to visit this castle on August 20th as they hold the annual [...]
POSTOJNSKA JAMA
Posted in Sights, Slovenia (SLO) on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a fascinating place of unique nature set in the rolling hills. About an hour south from Ljubljana and only about 9 km from Predjamski grad is this amazing underground world of caves and passageways that are just spectacular. The tour is guided, but I found it was not nicely balanced with useful tourist [...]
Čevapi
Posted in Food and Drink on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a rolled strip of ground beef (and/or mixed with ground pork), deliciously spiced. Much of the local food here is rather bland, but sinking into a čevapi is simply rich and flavorful with paprika, pepper and other spices. Usually served as fast-food in local snack shops, though you can find it on the [...]
Rakija
Posted in Food and Drink on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a fruit brandy much like the German Schnapps, often a homemade drink (moonshine) that is often offered while visiting older people’s houses as it is often made by them or a relative and no one really can give you an exact alcohol percentage on it but it generally starts at 40% proof and [...]
Krafna
Posted in 1$ or less, Food and Drink on August 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a great snack, it is a donut-like bun about the size of a fist that is light and fluffy and usually filled inside with marmelada (what they call marmalade but is more like a sweet peach/fruit jam) or Čokolada (a rich, sweet chocalate paste). It is often served for breakfast or as a [...]
bogging burek
Posted in 1$ or less, Bosnia (BiH), Croatia (HR), Food and Drink on August 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Čakovec, Croatia
I’ve been working on fixing a house up in Čakovec the last few weeks and finally got tired of cooking and short for time we have left, so I settled on some local fastfood. Burek is an interesting eat, made differently across the region from lasagna-like stacks cut into quarter-pie wedges or rolled up [...]
Welcome to the XYZone
Posted in Bosnia (BiH), Croatia (HR), History, Macedonia (MK), Montenegro (ME), Serbia (SRB), Slovenia (SLO), Thoughts on August 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been blogging for some time on other sites and decided to start this all new blog to write and share my experiences traveling around the region of Europe commonly referred to as former Yugoslavia. They are now the independent republics of Slovenia, Hrvatska (Croatia), Bosnia i Hertsagovina, Serbia i Montenegro (for now), Macedonia and [...]
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