22.08.2016 - 26.08.2016 • Slovenia 🇸🇮
Monday morning, I bought a ticket from Rotterdam Central Station to Brussels South Station. From there on, I took the bus and after a total of 3 hours traveling, I arrived (way too early) at Brussels Charleroi Airport 😅. I was tired, but excited! The airport was ridiculously small, there was no Wi-Fi, and I still had to wait 4 hours before my flight’s departure, so I decided to take a nap.
At 05:30PM it was finally time to go to Slovenia, the eenie meenie country I never had heard before 3 years ago. Not even 1,5 hours later, I set foot on Slovenian ground 😱. I changed from comfy clothes to normal clothes and walked to the exit, searching for Manca and Gregor, who’d pick me up.
Then, not realizing I was already at the exit of the airport, a girl with a big smile quickly came towards me! After two years I finally got reunited with her 😊! Behind her stood Gregor, probably not really sure how to greet me.
Then, we walked to the parking lot (Gregor, holding my luggage, and me talking with Manca) and we drove to Matic’s place to pick him up. While driving, I was completely impressed by the beautiful scenery: hills, mountains, lots of green and a very clean environment 😍.
We picked up Matic and then drove to the city center. We walked around a bit and then there, at the main square (Prešeren Square), was Nika with her boyfriend 😊! We first went for a night snack, called burek (the meat version, which is the worst version according to the most) and then we went for some drinks. I couldn’t believe how cheap the wine actually was (2,40 for one glass of wine 😱!), and we talked a lot about random stuff, but mostly, Shanghai memories. Andrej joined us as well. I felt so happy, being reunited with my friends ❤️! Unfortunately Nika and her boyfriend had to leave earlier, as they were going to France in the early morning.
The following morning I woke up, took a shower and did my make up. In the meanwhile I got to meet Gregor’s mother. My first impressions: so open, welcoming and sweet 😄! I can still clearly remember how she was out of breath after running up and down from the stairs, telling me: “Uff, I took too many steps.”
Then I went downstairs, where I had čokolino and a croissant for breakfast. According to Gregor, nobody from outer Slovenia likes it, so I guess I was the first person ever to like it 😌. It actually reminded me of “havermout”, but chocolate flavoured. Then while he was picking up Manca, his mom told me her breakfast consists of 5 plums and asked me to eat plums as well, so I took one as well.
Then, around 12:30PM, Gregor drove Manca and me to Ljubljana Castle. The sky was so clear and the view was amazing 😍! I loved how the buildings looked like from up above. We walked a bit and then Manca and me went to the city center to get some ice cream, while Gregor had to run some errands.
After walking down the hill, we arrived at Cacao, where I had two scoops of ice cream (compared to in NL, actually 4 scoops 😂..). I loved the fresh flavour of mango/red orange, even though my tongue started to itch after eating it. Then we took some photo’s at Tromostovje (three bridges), walked a bit, and then we went for drinks at Makalonca, along the Ljubljanica River, where we’d wait for Gregor and Domen for dinner.
After talking lots and lots with Manca, Gregor, Domen and Matic arrived. Matic, is a funny guy actually. He said: “I only came to say hi!” And then he had to go again 😄. So after finishing our drinks, we walked to a Mexican restaurant, called “Cantina Mexicana”. The guys ordered beer, and Manca and me water (for free?!). I took the pollo de vino blanco: chicken filet in wine and garlic sauce, together with mashed potatoes 😋.
Then we visited a bookstore where Gregor bought a book for his dad and Manca accidentally snatched away a Chinese dictionary that Gregor wanted to buy. He got pretty angry about it actually.. We walked to this relaxing spot where we sat down and relaxed for a while.
Afterwards we tagged along when Gregor had to go to the office for a while, and then he drove Manca home. Somehow, he came up with the idea to drive to the mountain Krvavec, where we spotted 3 foxes and 2 deers. The starry sky left me breathless, but confusion also came along 😣..
The following morning, Gregor had to go to the office first. I had čokolino and croissant and also ate bread with cheese and sausage. Then we had to go to some place where Gregor had to refill the coffee vending machine. Afterwards we switched the car for a really old, but cute car (fičo) and he drove us to the seaside. During the trip we came across a naked man, sunbathing along the road and we stopped at one certain point, where we could see Italy 😱. After 3 hours, we arrived at Koper, where we had lunch and then we walked a bit. Then we drove to Izola and Portorož. Unfortunately time went too fast and we couldn’t got back too late in Ljubljana, because Manca wanted to hang out with us as well. Back in Ljubljana, we met with Manca and watched the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox on a big projection screen, and then went for a drink.
The following morning I met Gregor his sister, who got back from her holiday. She told me she had lived in the Netherlands (Wierden) for a while, for her training to become a equestrian. Then, Andrej arrived as well, and we had breakfast together. Also, their mother baked some pastries, so we had to try them as well 😀! After finishing breakfast Andrej drove us to the bank first (Gregor had to fix a minor thing), and then he picked up Manca. After around 40 minutes, we arrived at the stunning Lake Bled. The water was amazingly clear, and I was actually surprised that there weren’t that many people over there. We walked a bit, had pizza for lunch and ate the cream cake kremšnita and then went to lake Bohinj 😍. This lake was even more beautiful than Lake Bled.. The Julian Alps and Triglov could be seen from here on as well!
Time actually went way too fast, because the following day was actually already my last day.. In the backyard, Gregor, his mom and I had breakfast and then we had to visit the office once again. In the afternoon we hiked Šmarna gora. I died multiple times, but the view was so worth it 😅.. Then we quickly had to go back home, where we had homemade tortellini for lunch with Gregor his mom and sister. After taking a shower and packing my stuff, we arrived at the airport at 6PM. Normally there would never be a queue, but this time there was, and so my flight had a delay..
At 9:20PM I arrived at Brussel Charleroi Airport, where Mo picked me up. Then he wanted to visit his aunt for a few minutes and afterwards we hung around with his cousins as well. By 01:30AM I finally got back home. That’s when I realized my holiday has ended for real 😔..
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