I am alive and in Slovenia!

Well, greetings everyone from Slovenia! What a crazy couple of days it has been so I apologize it has taken me a while to post. So much to bring up so I will start at the beginning.

I left home early on July 9 and eventually made it to the airport. One of the down sides to travelling in peak season is airports are busy and staff are testy. I was glad to just get on the plane but not happy when they did not take off. After 45 minutes I was not happy. I had an hour between flights in Montreal and this was making my layover non existent. So I landed and had 15 minutes to sprint through the airport to catch my flight to Munich. I made it but was told my luggage may not. That was not a comfortable flight: first I was stressed about my bag and then I could not sleep on the flight (go figure). I made it to Munich tired and stressed and then... my flight to Zagreb was delayed by 1.5 hours. I just wanted to get to Croatia so I could start my holiday. I did make it... and so did my bag (I almost cried for joy).

Once in Zagreb, I picked up the car rental which we got upgraded from a Skoda to a VW Passat. Very nice! Then I had an hour to kill before Jaime landed so I got a phone (dirt cheap... worked out to be 25$). Once Jaime arrived I was finally able to relax and start my holiday. I drove from Zagreb to Ljubljana in a couple of hours and I was overjoyed to be in LJ again. We decided to go out for dinner but some drinks before. So we sat on the river front at a cafe sipping mojitos and chatting with some Americans. Now, it started out all fun but they would not leave our sides. We eventually tried to ditch them by going into a restaurant to have dinner. Throughout the dinner, they kept coming in and checking on us. So annoying. Oh, by the way, the dinner was great. But we wanted to ditch these guys so we ended up ducking out the side entrance and then running through the streets of Ljubljana worried they saw us and would follow us. I can say now, we were paranoid! But we ran until there was a dark alley and we had no idea where we were. Some voices spooked us to hide in the shadows (we must have looked absolutely insane) but then we made a break for the hostel... if we could find it. Roaming the streets trying to find our hostel was exhausting after a big meal and some alcohol but we made it. Oh, I forgot to mention we are staying in a hostel that was a former military prison... we have our own cell. Once back at the hostel we intended to watch the rest of the footy match but ended up meeting more guys (they flock to us!). At this point my evening turned from bad to worse. Lets just say I had to do 4 jagger bombs before following the group to a club where I got sick and eventually made it back to the hostel before passing out (and just, I slept on the floor of the cell).

So that was yesterday, and today I suffered the consequences. Not only did we hight tail it out of LJ before any of the guys saw us, but then I had an awful hangover for the drive to Lake Bohinj. Not a great way to start a holiday and I have learned my lesson and I will admit that I am a lightweight compared to seasoned drinkers. To kick the hangover, Jaime and I walked the entire lake perimeter which is about 10 km. It was a beautiful day and a stunning place. And I feel better. But I am exhausted. After the walk, we cleaned up and eventually found a pizzeria that was open late. Food was poor but greasy enough that I feel great now. Just going to watch the rest of the Fifa Final (go Netherlands!) before heading to bed. I have a big day tomorrow: visit to Savica Waterfall, take to cable car up Mt Vogel, canoe on the lake all before I para glide over the lake. Then we head to the coast of Slovenia for a night in Piran.

I hope to write again in a few days but I just wanted to fill you in on my crazy life. It has been a crazy few days but should calm down once I get to the coast. Lots of love,

Lisa