Caught a train from Innsbruck to Slovenia. I used my East Europe Rail Pass. It cost 150 euros, allows unlimited travel on any 5 days within a month in the countries of Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Czech. Seems like a good deal, but it was hard to find since it's not so popular. Even the guy in the Innsbruck train station didn't know what it was. But he was very helpful and finally made me one. It doesn't include Slovenia, but I got all the way there anyway without paying extra - just what I was hoping for.
I expected to have lots of time on the six hour journey for reading, writing and thinking. But I got sitting with a Dutch girl and an American girl. They were both nice and the young American girl was an absolute fountain of information about everything European, and perhaps everything in general. She sat in her seat cross-legged, looking very at ease and helped the Dutch girl and I get seats because we were confused about the reservation system. Then she talked and talked and we listened and listened. An absolutely fascinating person who seems so worldly and wise. The Dutch girl and I were both shocked to later find out she was only 16 years old!
When I arrived in Slovenia, Jana met me at the station. Jana is a couchsurfer who stayed with me in Seoul. She is also the reason I came to this country. I knew nothing about Slovenia previously which shocked Jana and motivated her to motivate me to visit. She's an avid hiker and promised beautiful mountains and long hikes. So here I am.
We spent tonight walking around the capital city, Ljubljana, which is lovely, small, artistic. We had a vegetarian dinner and then hung out with some of Jana's friends. Already I love this place. And there is graffiti everywhere, but nice graffiti.
I expected to have lots of time on the six hour journey for reading, writing and thinking. But I got sitting with a Dutch girl and an American girl. They were both nice and the young American girl was an absolute fountain of information about everything European, and perhaps everything in general. She sat in her seat cross-legged, looking very at ease and helped the Dutch girl and I get seats because we were confused about the reservation system. Then she talked and talked and we listened and listened. An absolutely fascinating person who seems so worldly and wise. The Dutch girl and I were both shocked to later find out she was only 16 years old!
When I arrived in Slovenia, Jana met me at the station. Jana is a couchsurfer who stayed with me in Seoul. She is also the reason I came to this country. I knew nothing about Slovenia previously which shocked Jana and motivated her to motivate me to visit. She's an avid hiker and promised beautiful mountains and long hikes. So here I am.
We spent tonight walking around the capital city, Ljubljana, which is lovely, small, artistic. We had a vegetarian dinner and then hung out with some of Jana's friends. Already I love this place. And there is graffiti everywhere, but nice graffiti.
Ljubljana by night.
No comments:
Post a Comment