I awoke to perfect health but cloudy skies. The forecast for rain for three days seems to unfortunately be correct. Today we travel to Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. I have been interested in seeing this beautiful city since our 2004 trip. The rain stayed away for half of the trip but we caught it before crossing the border to Slovenia. Arriving in Ljubljana at 2 pm we checked into the Hotel Emonic. This is a two star hotel described in user reviews online on Travel Advisor and UgoIgo as spartan but clean and very centrally located. The hotel is located one block from the main square of the town.

The hotel is outstanding for what it is. It is immaculate but not fancy. We drove into the pedestrian only area of the center of town to get to the hotel. When we got there our parking place was reserved in the courtyard and we checked in. There is cable high-speed internet in the room for FREE. I forgot to bring a cat-5 cable connector so they gave me one to use. From the time we checked in until now there has been a VERY loud concert at the park on the next block – something to do with upcoming elections. We went over to check it out. It is interesting to see Ljubljanan rappers rapping in whatever language they use here [Slavic] with choice English words rappers use injected into the song. Oh, it is 10 pm and the “noise” has stopped. Wow did that sound like a grey-haired foggie.

For dinner we went to Zlata Ribica. The food was excellent. Ann had lamb and I had gnocci with four cheeses. Dear Ann had garlic soup. She will be lonely tonight! We sampled Slovenian wine (several times) and I had the national drink which oddly happened to be grappa. Being so close to the Veneto of Italy explains why they share the same drink. Tomorrow Italy and Montepulciano.

Lesson for Day 11: It matters not whether the rap lyrics are in Slovenian or English – They are unintelligible in either language.