Still in the normal residential area, things begin getting a bit weird |
PO--tagging almost seems encouraged, not forbidden |
Welcome to Metelkova |
After an hour passing through Metelkova, everything looks different |
...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Still in the normal residential area, things begin getting a bit weird |
PO--tagging almost seems encouraged, not forbidden |
Welcome to Metelkova |
After an hour passing through Metelkova, everything looks different |
Every few minutes a river tour boat plies the waters, with maybe half a dozen visitors aboard |
River view with castle in background |
Same with foreground fountain |
Mahler again; he was conductor/director of the local opera for six months, 1881-82; and went on to much greater things... |
We always try to support local traditional music |
Inside one of the better DIY ice cream shoppes we've seen; note multi-colored cones |
In the city meat market |
In the big city daily market, sausages of a variety local beasts (including bear) |
Market scene |
Market square |
Approaching the Dragon Bridge (there are others of note which we'll see in the post on Josez Plecnick, the favorite son architect) |
So-called because...well, the dragon is the city's emblem |
Distant view of funicular not taken to castle not visited |
With one of the the dragons |
More river view, from the bridge; the Two Towers in the distance, on the left the fish market and the restaurant we ate at the next day; it really is a small city |
Reading room in a city park (some in English, too) |
Among the sculptures all over the place |
One of the nicer doggie parks we have seen |
Interesting dormer treatment; glassed-in |
Former public bath house, now a day-care center |
Under the arches, on the river, the resto we had lunch at, Ribca |
View from our table, just down from Plecnik's Triple Bridge, Preseren Square on the other side |
It's a seafood restaurant, adjoining the seafood market... |
Seaman's salad |
The only non-seafood item on the menu, apart from desserts |
A bit of cream in there...sort of like the cream cake we'd see later, only in a jar |
Thus |
Statue about to be de-headed by the tree |
More interesting sculpture/water feature |
And dragons everywhere |