I booked all of my hostels and hotels through Booking.com and with this, you can download an app which you can use offline to access a map of any area you visit. The best thing about the map is that it can pinpoint your location without using any data, something I really missed on arrival in Ljubljana, as that function annoyingly isn't available for this city. At one point I felt like I was about to cry when what was supposed to be a 20 minute walk from the train station actually became forty-five minutes long but I did eventually find my hostel - phew.
I'll be spending 3 and a half days in Ljubljana in total, which really isn't necessary considering its size. You could see the majority of the city in just a day. But I'm glad to have a bit of a respite from what has been such a busy and intense schedule and I'm very excited to be going on what should be an unforgettable day trip to Lake Bled! I started off my day with a walk around the small centre, dipping into cute shops and regretfully not being able to buy anything due to lack of funds/space in my backpack. I walked up the very steep hill to Ljubljana Castle in flip-flops - not the best shoe choice. The castle itself was definitely the most underwhelming I have seen so far but you get to walk around the inside grounds for free which is a nice touch.
It's soooo hot here - the temperature has spiked in the mid-thirties and at times it's been a bit unbearable. Thankfully there are lots of nice bars and restaurants along the river that divides the city centre so I stopped for lunch and had a giant Caesar salad which cost me 11 EUROS!!! My most expensive meal so far but it felt like such a deserved treat to be dining in a place that could charge that amount for a bowl of lettuce. For my evening snack I ate honestly what I would regard as one of the best ice creams of my entire life from a parlour called Vigo. I chose white chocolate and pomegranate. It had actual pomegranate seeds mixed into it. I nearly died, it tasted that good.
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