Ljubljana and Belgrade

After a 3 hour bus ride from venice to Ljubljana we finally arrived and checked into our hostel.  We stayed at a really cute place just outside of the old town.  We had a few hours of day light so we venture out right away and had a walk around.  Ljubljana is super small and cute so you can pretty much see it all quickly.  We stopped at a cafe and I had some wine and lizard got a cappuccino.  She is loving the cappuccinos here in Europe that's for sure.  We saved climbing up to the castle for the next day.  After a short hike we made it to the top.  Afterwards we did a little bit of shopping, lizard got a new pair of yoga pants since the style of athletic gear in Europe is so different and stylish she had to get some.  We got some snacks for our long train ride tomorrow and also went to the train station to get our tickets.  

Off to Belgrade!  Serbia.  We left the EU and ventured closer into the deep Balkans.  The journey was quite an experience for lizard I think - and I was happy that her vacation but a little more off the beaten track,  we were going to Serbia!  Former Yugoslavia !  We had to leave Slovenia where we got a passport stamp and then entered Croatia another stamp and then left Croatia and entered Serbia another stamp.  Lizard was excited of course I love my stamps too.  It's like earning something haha!  

We finally got to Belgrade and it was cold wet and rainy.  I knew that our guesthouse wasn't too far from the train station and I had the place into my phone so after we got in we walked about 15 minutes uphill and arrived.  We asked the hotel manager for a good recommendation for dinner since we didn't eat too much all day and she gave us a good recommendation for local food which was literally across the street. We ordered a couple of dishes and it was a lot of meat, potato, and cheese!  Yum.  The food was good and lizard also enjoyed it.  The next day we walked around a bit - went to the fortress and tried to keep warm.  It was about 3 degrees C.  And just damp.  Not fun!  We went back to our place early and relaxed and got warm. The weather forecast was looking better for the next day.  Next day we went to the biggest Orthodox Church in the world.  It was lovely one the outside but on the inside it was all under construction!  Huge disappointment I must say.  But nevertheless we walked to it and saw it.  The rest of the day we spent shopping.  Both my sister and myself got a new pair of Adidas sneakers.  My Merrill sneakers were getting holes in them so I couldn't pass up a 35$ pair of new sneaks.  

Lizard left early the next morning.  I went in the taxi with her to the airport around 430am.  I was super sad to see her go and really sad the rest of the day kind of!  I enjoyed having company and most of all her with me.  I took a bus back into town at 5am and went back to sleep until 9.  Bus to Kosovo at 12.  Continuing the Balkan adventures!!