Two Countries, Two Capitals

We were in two countries and two capitals in one day-Ljubljana, Sovenia and Zagreb, Croatia!

Passport stamps-in and out HR(Croatia), in and out SI (Slovenia)...they take up a lot of space in our passports and we don't have many pages left---time for new passports!

We covered a lot of territory in our last few days in Slovenia even dipping down in Croatia to some hill towns in the Istria Peninsula.  Two medieval towns, Motovun and Groznjan were way up on hills with cobbled streets and some of the best preserved walls anywhere.

(L) Motovun shield with 5 castles & (R) Lion of Venice

Motovun-a medieval town just perfect for walking and exploring

Motovun is also the birthplace of Mario Andetti!

Truffles

This is a very popular area for truffle hunting, but they use dogs rather than pigs like in France.  There are two seasons for truffles-spring for black truffles and winter for the white truffle that are about 4x more expensive!  We did try some pasta with truffles at a small remote restaurant that was delicious.  

Zito pasta and thinly sliced truffles 

Ljlubljana was a delightful city full of international visitors, university students and bridges!  There are many bridges over the River but there are three that are picture perfect! 

Dragon Bridge

if you haven't photographed one of the dragons on Dragon Bridge, you really haven't been to Ljubljana!

Dragon Bridge 1901-largest spanning bridge in central Europe


Butcher Bridge (new bridge on the site of the old one)

More commonly called "Love Bridge"-symbolicly locking their love with padlocks

We searched by several minutes to find a geocache among hundreds of locks!

Triple Bridge

The middle bridge was built in 1842 and the two side bridges in 1929-now all three are pedestrian-only

We have had a variety of overnight hotels, pensions, rooms and bed n' breakfasts. 

one of the nicest, modern stays but sadly only for one night

Rain in Zagreb so it was a good day to wash our clothes

Agrotourism Farm "Toni"-very rural overlooking vineyards

Toni"s funky older room but large and with a kitchen & good breakfast

one long room with two single beds & modern bathroom at the end

Tourist Farm Hudicevec