Andrea Hearts Traveling

Oh wow!!!

Skopje is just so hard to describe! First of all it is ridiculous! I believe it’s the city with the most statues and monuments per square meter in the whole world!

The main stretch looks really funny with at least 100 bronze statues spread all throughout the streets; the city feels plastiki and fake but in a good way. I think the overwhelming amount of statues makes an impression that I probably will never forget.

I decided to go to Budapest since it was the cheapest way of getting back to the Southern part of the Balkans without spending days in a bus trying to avoid crossing through Serbia because I need a visa for it.

Many people said “Zagreb is not worth it”, many people said “Zagreb is a one day stop at the most”, I said “let me see it myself and figure it out!” and guess what? Zagreb was my favorite part of Croatia!!!!

The city was not like Dubrovnik or Split screaming “tourists come and see me!” instead it had character, it had an ambiance, it had an authentic beauty that you only get by walking among the locals or sitting on a park bench like any Croat.

One of the highlights of Slovenia is Lake Bled so of course April and I decided to go on a day trip and check it out.

We got our roundtrip ticket and headed on a 2hour bus drive to this Slovenian jewel.

Once at the lake we had different options such as renting a bike, going on a boat, or walking around the lake so we chose the cheapest one (the free one) and decided to walk all around the lake since it wasn’t that big.

The option of getting a boat to the island just seemed a little bit crazy for a 2 min ride and 10Euro roundtrip (as if they would live you in the island for you to swim back) plus entrance fee to the church it would be like 16euros for a 30 minute attraction.

Ljubljana just like Sarajevo was a pleasant surprise! Once again I had the impression that this city was going to be boring and uninterested but I was so wrong!

The architecture of this place was amazing and it really felt like going back in time and walking in a city hundreds of years ago. The architecture was a little eclectic and confusing; April and I couldn't really point out where exactly it was from and I said that to me it looked Hungarian and I think to her it looked more Italian. I ended up going to the free walking tour and learned that in fact Ljubljana is a mix of so many different styles. Like many European cities Ljubljana saw his share of earthquakes and fires back in the day which meant that the city had to be reconstructed over and over again, hence the many architectural styles seen today. While walking around one could point out baroque style building, Hungarian architecture, as well as beautiful art nouveau.

Crazy Skopje!

Back to Budapest!

Zagreb

Lake Bled

Unexpected Ljubljana!

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