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Abandoned Place Cemetery Food Novo Mesto

Big Berry Slovenia: Experiencing Bela Krajina Through the Five Senses

big berry slovenia Slovenia has no more secrets for me. Ha. However, I knew the rural area of Bela Krajina lesser than other regions. Except for a few times when I drove across it heading to Zagreb, I hadn’t been in Novo Mesto and its surroundings since Rock Otočec 2008. And even if I still hang on truly, madly, dearly to the memories of that crazy weekend, nine years later I’m trading mud wrestling for the charm of a landscape resort –Big Berry– nestled into this unspoilt corner of Slovenia.

9 June 2017

Food Interview sLOVEnia

Raise a glass to Slovenian craft beer makers

When I was living in Slovenia, the beer scene was made up of merely the two pale, weak, national lagers: Union, brewed in Ljubljana, and Laško, named after the town near Celje where it is produced. As I was from the Celje area as well, I was for the ‘team Laško’, which implied believing in the Slovene saying ‘you drink Laško and you pee Union’.

25 March 2016

Festivals Ptuj

Kurentovanje: the Slovenian Carnival Parade you shouldn’t miss

Kurentovanje in Ptuj Slovenia Carnival parade

…which unfortunately, this year, I will miss! :-(

(but I won’t miss the opportunity to ramble about how much I love Slovenia, and so… here we go!)

Kurentovanje is the traditional Carnival festival taking place in Ptuj, the oldest city in Slovenia, located in the North-Eastern area of the country. When I was living in Slovenia, Ptuj was one of my favourite day-trip destinations: next to a beautiful lake (Ptujsko Jezero), Ptuj has many interesting churches and monasteries, a Castle, Slovenia’s oldest wine cellar, a great thermal spa (Terme Ptuj), lots of storks nesting on its red roofs and, during this time of the year, the coolest carnival ever!

31 January 2015

Ljubljana Me, Myself and I

Living in Slovenia: postcards from the future

Each time I’m back I play this odd mind game I used to play when I was living in Slovenia: I watch myself from the outside doing the grocery at the historical Ljubljana’s farm market on Pogačarjev Trg, reading a book at the open-air libraries, having a coffee on the Ljubljanica banks or dancing the night out at Metelkova Mesto.

14 November 2014

Cemetery Industrial Archaeology Ljubljana

Ljubljana off-the-beaten track

The best way to explore Ljubljana on and off the beaten track is by renting a bike and going around.

Ljubljana is the smallest capital town in Europe, and it is perfectly equipped with bike lanes. If I managed to ride all around Ljubljana, I’m sure anyone can! :-) And if you need a place to rest and take refreshment after the trip, check out my Ljubljana food guides” (vol. 1 & vol. 2).

2 November 2014

Ljubljana Video

4 days in Ljubljana… in 40 seconds!

25 October 2014