Croatia/Slovenia

December 7th - 

We woke up in the morning and went straight to the Tesla museum, as we didn’t make it the day before and it seemed the most interesting thing to do in Belgrade.  Tesla was considered Serbian, even though he did all of his best thinking in Colorado Springs.  When we got to the museum we were disappointed to find that the museum was being rennovated, and that only one exhibit was open.  The only consolation was that we finally met one attractive Serbian girl.

We then boarded the train to Zagreb, Croatia.  The train ride was fine, and we were met at the station by Hrvoje, a nephew of an acquaintence of my dad from work.  He was awesome and brought us straight to his uncle’s apartment.  We drank some beers and ate a little before crashing on the best bed our bodies have come in contact with in the last two years.  

December 8th - 

We woke up relaxed after a good night’s sleep.  We went out into the city determined to see all that we could.  We started in the center and proceeded to go into every church and site that we could.  Being that it was monday, we didn’t have to worry about the museums, which made our task a little easier.  After procuring train tickets to Slovenia, we went back and walked around one of the biggest parks in Eastern Europe, which took us about and hour to walk around.

We cooked dinner that night, did laundry, and hung out with Hrvoje for a couple hours and had another fabulous sleep.

December 9th - 

After dropping our stuff we walked through Ljubljana, which is a delightful European city that is surrounded by mountains with a river cutting through.  The river surrounds a hill on top of which stands a castle.  We went to the top of this castle and imagined what it would have been like to rule Slovenia.  We decided that it would have been good, but Devin disagreed.

We continued to visit churches and walk along the river.  The town is really done up for Christmas with big trees standing everywhere and a bunch of different markets.  Unfortunately, Ljubljana is really expensive for what it’s offerring.  It is due to completely switch to the Euro at the end of the year, and prices have shot up since that announcement.