Betonov
08-08-11, 01:06 AM
A little article I found in the New York Times showcasing my country :DL
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/travel/in-slovenia-visiting-ljubjana-piran-and-maribor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
She only made two mistakes
I faced the only pressing decision one faces in Piran: whether to drink Union pivo (beer) or Lasko pivo. I buckled under the pressure and ordered both.
BOTH are piss. You order a local home-brewn beer or a foreign one.
Slovenia (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/slovenia/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo) has an efficient bus system (veolia-transport.si (http://veolia-transport.si/)) and rail network (slo-zeleznice.si/en (http://slo-zeleznice.si/en)) with multiple daily departures between Ljubljana (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/slovenia/ljubljana/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo) and Piran, Maribor and Postojna. Most journeys cost less than 20 euros, or $28.20 at $1.41 to the euro.
Between Ljubljana and Piran, maybe. But once you get into the country the buses drive by the calendar, not the time. And the rail network, a nightmare. Frequent trains yes, but always late. And the highest suicide rate in the world means that there's a big chance someone will make you late by jumping in front of you train (had 3 such incidents myself when I was still studying in Ljubljana)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/travel/in-slovenia-visiting-ljubjana-piran-and-maribor.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
She only made two mistakes
I faced the only pressing decision one faces in Piran: whether to drink Union pivo (beer) or Lasko pivo. I buckled under the pressure and ordered both.
BOTH are piss. You order a local home-brewn beer or a foreign one.
Slovenia (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/slovenia/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo) has an efficient bus system (veolia-transport.si (http://veolia-transport.si/)) and rail network (slo-zeleznice.si/en (http://slo-zeleznice.si/en)) with multiple daily departures between Ljubljana (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/slovenia/ljubljana/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo) and Piran, Maribor and Postojna. Most journeys cost less than 20 euros, or $28.20 at $1.41 to the euro.
Between Ljubljana and Piran, maybe. But once you get into the country the buses drive by the calendar, not the time. And the rail network, a nightmare. Frequent trains yes, but always late. And the highest suicide rate in the world means that there's a big chance someone will make you late by jumping in front of you train (had 3 such incidents myself when I was still studying in Ljubljana)