Slovenia Part I

Well we made it to Ljubljana this past Sunday- but we definitely got off to a rough start.  We were initially planning on leaving Friday afternoon so that Brian could meet everyone at the Embassy and we could settle in and have the weekend to hang out in the city.  So when we lost hot water in our apartment Thursday night and lost the heat Friday morning, we didn’t think much of it.  They don’t need to hurry out to fix it- we’ll be leaving soon anyway……not smart on our part.  We got a call mid-morning Friday  and we were told that the weather was terrible in Slovenia.  It was snowing and the highway was down to one lane, so they recommended that we not leave until Sat or Sun.  It was still snowing on Sat.  When we finally left on Sunday we were so cold and so dirty that all we cared about was getting to a warm apartment with a hot shower. 

The roads were fine, but there was a lot of fog- in fact it was the thickest fog I have ever seen, so it ended up being about a 2 hour drive (usually about an hour and a half).  So not too bad. 

As soon as we got there (about 4:00) I started unpacking and that’s when I realized that I had forgotten some things……. a lot of things…….a lot of things I couldn’t spend 2 weeks without.  I blame it on being so cold.  My sweet husband tried to talk me into staying at the apartment and taking a long hot shower while he drove back to get my stuff.  (I love him!)  But I didn’t want him to make the drive to Zagreb and back again by himself –  and he didn’t want me driving back by myself the next day, so we both got back in the car.  We found an Indian restaurant in a guidebook that said it was open until 10 pm, so we left hopeful that we’d make it back in time for that. 

What should have been an hour and a half trip turned into a 7 hour day.  When we finally made it back to Ljubljana, it was about 8:45.  We found a parking spot and ran (shuffled) through the snow to the restaurant.  The lights were on, the door was open, but when we walked in they were folding the table cloths.  Not a good sign – they had just closed.  I felt so bad.  Brian had been looking forward to Indian food since we found out we were going to Slovenia and after such a long day of traveling, and after being so sweet and not once giving me a hard time about us having to go back, I really wanted him to have a great meal.  It was just not meant to be.  Instead we found a bakery and both got what looked like a pizza bread.  Well it was actually a pizza bread surprise, the surprise being a hot dog in the middle.  It was pretty weird, definitely not delicious Indian.  
                -We went back to the restaurant Monday.  It was very good!

So Tuesday rolls around and I find out that the cable here shows the Bachelor on Tuesday nights!  We decided Brian would grab some Chinese take out on the way home and we would stay in and have a Bachelor night.  When he went to get the food, the restaurant wasn’t there- it had either gone out of business, or the internet gave him the wrong address.  Plan B: he came home and we tried to find delivery.  We couldn’t find anyone that delivered, so after several phone calls it was time for plan C.  There is a Thai place pretty close to the apartment we’re staying at, so Brian said he’d run over and grab some Thai food to go and hopefully make it back before the show started.  This is what he said to me when he got home: 

       “You can’t depend on a Slovenian Chinese restaurant to be where it’s supposed to be; you can’t depend on a Slovenian Thai place to have food (it was actually a spa- we just hadn’t noticed the small print); but you can always depend on McDonalds!” 

as he pulled two McDonalds bags from behind his back.  Thanks for saving the day McDonalds!

We made it through the rest of the week fairly smoothly and I’m optimistic that next week will be great.  Ljubljana really is a beautiful city!  We’re planning on going to Lake Bled tomorrow - and really looking forward to that!  Stay tuned for part II of our Slovenian adventure. 

On a different note.  Brian did have 2 classmates from his A-100 class who were posted in Haiti, thankfully they are both safe but please keep them and everyone who was in or affected by the earthquake in your prayers.

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