Slovenia Day 6

Caught the bus at 10.30 this morning to take me to Ljubljana. Took about an hour and a half, but was better than train which calls at Lesce Bled, about 4km away from the lakeside (had to catch a taxi from the train station the other night as I couldn't work out the buses!).

Arrived in Ljubljana, but couldn't check into hotel room as it was too early. So I walked through town and then up to the castle. It was quite a hike (again!) but also well worth it. There was quite a good 3D presentation of Ljubljana through the ages, giving computer renditions of how it looked and looks now. Also climbed to the top of the tour which gave a fab view of the city.

There was a bit of an event that I just missed by about half an hour - the city's high school graduates dance a quadrille in the streets of the city every year, joining up with other schools around the country. So I missed that, but then there have been students around town all day dressed in their orange and black tshirts and blowing whistles!

Did a bit of a tour of the city, using the guide book as a guide. The city's centre is quite old, most of the building are about 300 years old. The buildings themselves are actually quite similar to Stockholm, Tallinn etc., but there is also a river that runs through the city with different bridges, the Dragon Bridge, the Three Bridges and the Cobbler's Bridge. It was a lovely sunny day with loads of people hanging out.

Checked into the City Hotel and at last I had a hotel with MTV which meant that I was able to take part in Simon's interactive show, Wishlist!! He is the moderator for this show which means that people send him text messages requesting songs or just telling him how cool he is, he responds and this all gets printed on screen as the videoes play. He takes on the persona of the 'Hiya Horse'. It was all pretty cool and I got a couple of messages on screen as well as a couple of responses from Simon and his workmates.

After that I walked through the Tivoli Gardens to the Museum of Modern History of Slovenia which told the story of Slovenia in the 20th century.