travel | our first trip to ljubljana

Two weekends back we took our first trip to Ljubljana (proudly sponsored by the letter J as our friend says). Tim was running his first race which was the reason we headed up there but now I wonder why we haven’t gone before.

It is a quick and pleasant hour and a half by bus from Trieste and it is an absolutely lovely town. Here is what we did:

• ate
• wandered around the lovely streets
• crossed over lots of bridges
• ate some more
• drank hot chocolate
• walked up a very steep hill to a castle
• ran a race (Tim not me)
• wondered around an antiques/second hand market
• spent a lovely 30 minutes in a Letterpress Shop
• bought a letterpress print
• bought some pumpkin seed oil
• drank more hot chocolate
• ate

So as you can tell it was pretty good few days in Ljubljana.

If you find yourself heading to Ljubljana I can definitely suggest:

EAT

>>> Repete

Probably the best meal I have had out in ages. I really appreciate it when vegetarian dishes aren’t an after thought and are really thought through. For a starter we had a cheese selection with some buckwheat bread (so yummy) and I had my first taste of pumpkin oil which had been stirred into a cottage cheese. I then had a traditional dish which is pastry with cheese and herbs on a bed of carrot mash with beetroot and side salad with vinegar made by the restaurant owner’s father-in-law. Although there wasn’t much space left for dessert I had a brownie with pear which was perfectly moist and a nice twist.

>>> Güjžina

A strangely laid out restaurant which is in 2 spaces next to each other. The food is traditional Slovenian fare but there were several vegetarian options. I had the gnocchi with mushroom sauce which is heavier than the Italian counterpart but still delicious. I also had a generous serving of more pumpkin oil with bread and returned here the next day to buy some homemade pumpkin seed oil from the restaurant which also sells a selection of other products. I need to return to Ljubljana for no other reason than to try their pumpkin seed oil gelato!

>>> Cacao

You would think I get enough gelato living in Italy but I always like to have some more. I just tried one flavour. I’m afraid I can’t remember what it was as it was a long name, but it had three sorts of flavours swirled together and it was really good.

SHOP

>>> Mestri trg (street)

The old town is full of lovely little streets with a wide array of shops but this street had a great selection including a shop which sold salt products and a couple design stores.

>>> Antiques Market

Apparently every Sunday from 8am to 2pm a nice small market with a selection of vintage and second hand. I am not sure of the prices because I was very reserved and didn’t buy anything but I would definitely head back here to do a bit of shopping.

>>> Tiporenesansa

A lovely letterprint shop in the old town. I’ll tell you more about it soon.

SEE

The old town is the perfect kind of place to wander about without having to actually go anywhere. Quaint streets and public art pieces, street markets, foodie places and plenty of places for hot chocolate or a drink means that you don’t have to go to a specific museum to find something interesting. That said a walk up to the castle would be suggested, I didn’t go inside.

As you can tell by the title this is definitely a town I plan to head back to.

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