Grey Cell Green

So, apparently in Slovenia they like to play "Let's Get Physical" all the time?

This is the impression I got from the few trips I did outside of my hostel during my time in Ljubljana. I did indeed brave the rain on my second day there and wandered for a small bit around town. Then, the next day, I went on a trip to Lake Bled where I heard there were very nice views of a church on an island in a lake under the Alps, which was exactly true. In fact, in many ways I found the views on the other side of the path, of all the autumn trees, even better!



I didn't end up getting to try horse burgers as the Hot Horse branch I'd tried to find had shut down, but I did try something called "Human Fish Beer" which is actually one of the best beers I've had on my trip so far!

My down-time in Slovenia was spent struggling with the beginnings of a cold, which I've gotten over the worst of now but am still coughing around the place like crazy.
I also spent my time around my hostel watching Sherlock, which really was as good as I'd hoped! So many things I like.... all in one show! Now I'm doubly glad they're splitting the Who season next year to (presumably) make more.

Photos of Slovenia: here!

Today I've made it to Salzburg, where I'm spending two nights before heading to Vienna. As far as I can tell, everyone here (except for the locals) has Sound of Music madness! My hostel shows the movie every day, and I think I'll sit around and watch it tomorrow. It feels like a long time since I've gotten to watch a DVD! Then I'm going to go out and have some good Austrian coffee. Sounds like a plan!

All aboard.... the night train!

Here are some stories about culinary greatness:

The other night I became a master of the supermarket cooking art when I made vegemite, gruyere and fried egg toasted sandwiches, served with salad with a white balsamic vinegar and maple syrup dressing (being the two ingredients I found in the “free food” box).
My kitchen madness is also my kitchen genius.
Turns out vegemite and gruyere is really good, and why don't I eat maple syrup on salad all the time?

I also drank something called “Jungle” containing “Yumberry & Granatapfel”. Whilst I'm sure these are just Swiss/German names for normal fruits, they sound like something somebody has completely made up, from the Wonka fruit family.

My decision to make these sandwiches came after hiking around the Bernese Alps all day, where I went on a quest for the Alpenvogelpark but no matter how much I walked never seemed to actually get there. Until I did and I saw some cool owls. The walk was good, just very tiring, and I didn't end up getting to Zurich til 7pm where I crashed until my body said “give me vegemite and fried eggs stat!”

After that I spent a day walking around Zurich and then the next day walking around Vaduz in Liechtenstein, after which I caught a night train to Ljubljana where I realised that I was incapable of doing any more walking for the time being and forced myself to spend a whole day at my hostel. I only left once to get groceries for another supermarket cook-up. Today my plan is to finally see some Slovenia but joke's on me: it's raining! I'm going to have to find some way to see as many interesting things in Ljubljana as possible without getting stranded too far from my hostel.

In the meantime I uploaded a somewhat ridiculous amount of Switzerland photos which can be found: here!