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Day 42 - Sunday, May 28, 2006

Good bye Slovenia, Hello Croatia. I needed to get a move on if I wanted to catch my flight in Dubrovnik in a week. This morning I was running a little late (what else is new?) and went to the train station caught to buy my ticket for the 8:30 am train to Zagreb (2852 SIT or 11.90 €). When I went to the track where the train was, I didn’t see any train there. I was a little worried because if I missed this train the next one would be at 1:20 pm. It turns out that the train was just running late and it showed up a few minutes later. While boarding the train I met another American girl. She stayed at the Best Hostel. That was a weird coincidence because the day before I was deciding between staying at that hostel and the Most Hostel. She said she knew I was American because of my NY Yankees cap and my North Face jacket. She also said you can pick out the Americans because they carry those unbreakable water bottles.

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Day 41 - Saturday, May 27, 2006

Since I didn’t get a chance to take a gondola to the island in the middle of the lake, I did that today. The gondola was filled with mostly Slovenian tourists. There were many gondolas going to the island.

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Day 40 - Friday, May 26, 2006

Located by the Julian Alps, Bled was the main reason I wanted to go to Slovenia. Back home earlier this year, I saw an episode of Rick Steves where he was touring through Northern Italy but made a detour to Slovenia just to check out Lake Bled with its church in the middle of the lake. It looked so marvelous on TV and after seeing it in person, I was not disappointed.

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Day 39 - Thursday, May 25, 2006

Before departing from the hostel today, I took advantage of the free breakfast they offered; cereal, cold cuts, bread, cheese, porridge and fruit. It was definitely better than any free breakfast I had in Italy.

I had absolutely picked the wrong day to go to Piran. This morning the sun was out and it was absolutely gorgeous. There were definitely more tourists in town today. I think they were bused in from another town; probably from Portoroz, a bigger town 2 km southwest. Here are some more pictures from Piran while I was waiting for the bus: 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Day 38 - Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Today I would be leaving Italy and heading to Slovenia (part of the former Yugoslavia). I didn’t get to check out all the parts of Italy that I wanted to but I only have about a week and a half left until my flight from Dubrovnik. In that week and a half I will try to see Slovenia and Croatia.

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Day 37 - Tuesday, May 23, 2006

I decided to stay another day in Venice. The girls also had another day in Venice but didn’t have a room due to some confusion on the day when they booked the hostel. We had to check out today so I woke up early and scouted out some hotels.

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Day 36 - Monday, May 22, 2006

Venice consists of 117 island, 150+ canals and 400 bridges. Only 3 bridges cross the Grand Canal that snakes through the city; the Rialto, Accademia and Scalzi. There are no cars in Venice. You get around on foot, gondola or by water bus.

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Day 35 - Sunday, May 21, 2006

Last night I decided I would not stay an extra day in Cinque Terre like I had originally planned. Cinque Terre was nice but I thought the Amalfi Coast was much prettier. I hiked the whole trail and there wasn’t anything else I saw worth doing besides sitting around and relaxing. Instead I would be headed to Venice.

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