Ljubljana-an enchanting city

The rain had gone away



The sun came out and we were up early.  Sue was washing her hair so I decided I had time to explore our new neighbourhood before breakfast.  This church is St. John the Baptist which we could  see out our hotel window if you leaned a little.



After breakfast we began our walking tour into the old city.  Our street was partitioned off from an archeological dig where artifacts 1600 years old have been found

We walked to the  old market square in the pedestrian only old part of the city so let's have a look around.

We were enchanted with this beautiful city and its buildings.  Below is the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation

Below you will see Slovenia's famous poet, Preseren, and his muse.  The square is named after him. and he faces where his real muse used to live.

This is the lovely park by the university.



You can certainly see the influence in the architecture of hundreds of years of rule by the Hapsburgs from the middle ages until 1918



i loved walking by the beautiful river.  The old city is pedestrian free.  Service vehicles are allowed between 6 am to 10 am and there is a little bus that picks people up who really need a ride.  I liked the businessman who was using a kick scooter.



Our local guide was a bit annoyed when we had to have a look in this church-Franciscan



of course there was a market-and here we are in the flower market-we had a couple of hours to wend our way through the streets and find our way back to our hotel.



and we got to get a close up look of those dragons. There are actually four dragons and the bridge was built in 1900 and is an example of art nouvelle architecture.



my favourite kind of streets…

We had to sample Ljubljana's traditional cake

I actually managed to bring one home and the recipe for my baker friend, Sandy!


We picked out where we wanted to have dinner-note the heaters right in the tables!



I had fallen in love with this beautiful city.  Sue and I were already plotting a return another time.



But our day was far from over so stay tuned for our trip to Lake Bled