Thursday, August 21, 2003

Hey guys, sorry it's been so long. I was going to update from Ljubljana in Slovenia, but the place I logged in at wouldn't access blogger.

Slovenia
We had a great time in Ljubljana, the sleepy capital of Slovenia. When we got off the train we saw a poster for a brand new hostel and went to check it out. Celica is a former prison which has only been opened as a hostel and arts centre for 2 months. It's amazing, nothing like a prison. It was painted all bright colors outside and there were pieces of funky artwork all over. It was amazing. Best hostel so far.

On the first night I went out with some guys who were staying there, looking for a club, or at least a late night bar, but none were to be found. I guess this was Monday night - but this is a capital city!!

The next day I started chatting with one of the girls, Anne and it turns out she's a follower and is on a great adventure at the moment. She introduced me to some more people who are followers and we ended up having a little impromptu God time in the "all faiths prayer room"!! It was real cool to enjoy this time of sharing.

We found this little restaraunt in L called Cafe Romeo which serves delicious Burritos for 1200 Tolars (that's about £3.50) and they even passed the cali test. The ice cream in slovenia is lovely and about 50p a cone...mmmm

On Tuesday night we caught the night train to Venice which left at 3.20am, so we had to stay awake for ages and then barely slept on the train. Venice is very overrated, but definately unique - very expensive. We hooked up with some people we met at Sir Tobys in Prague and found a little restaraunt that didn't charge all the venician extras. It was lovely.

Last night we took the night train to Rome, which is where I sit updating you - tired, worn out and ready for a goodnight's sleep at Gullivers House!

I hope to see the Sistene Chapel today - itàs one of the priorities of this little pilgrimage!

Over and out!