In Ljubljana , arrived by train in the late afternoon from Bled lake , we are welcomed by Nika, a girl I knew two summers ago in Rotterdam , because she was also hosted by the same girls with Couchsurfing.
We had met for few hours and two years are gone, but in spyte of everything she welcomes us with a big smile and she hosts us in her home, even if she is coming back from holidays and she arriving at home with us. A dinner with watermelon, bread and homemade jam because for picking us up she had not time for the shopping goes with an evening of experiences, travel and adventure telling. We feel good with her and her boyfriend Jernei and we experience again the feeling to be at home , even if in another Country.
One of the biggest joys, in this torrid august which gave us sleepless nights because of the heat, is to sleep under the blanket for the fresh air gladdening these mountains. The morning sees us ready and charge to leave to the city. Ljubljana is one of the smallest European capital cities , but it turns out in a real treat.
We are immediately touched by the colours, by the freshness and the cheerfulness which sprinkle from every corner. After a short walk in the city market, we lost in the streets of the center, discovering romantic views on Ljubljanica river and singolar attractions, like a fake rain in a square and signals indicating the different weather.
The many small bridges on the river are nice to see and to cross, to change in any moment the perspective: everyone is different and carachteristic, adorned with dragons or divided in three smaller bridges. We drink water from the public fountains , of which the city is full, that in this Country seems to be even better than the bottled one.
