First, we went to Croatia and Slovenia over Columbus Day weekend. Vinnie and Delena joined us and it was a fantastic trip! If ever you think about going to Eastern Europe for a vacation, those two countries are well worth the money and the trip. Amazing landscape, wonderful people, rich history, and just an overall great experience. We went to Ljubljiana (Loob-lee-yana) and Lake Bled first, which are both areas of Slovenia. Lake Bled was nastily cold and rainy, which was a surprise to us (and the locals apparently!). We spent that afternoon searching for stores with warmer clothing! The weekend was defined slightly by where outdoor clothing stores were located because we all ended up buying something... Daniel buying the most! Grace was really the only prepared one of all five of us! We had fun taking pictures (love the 50mm lens we have!), and walking around the lake as the weather came and went, changing it's landscape by the minute. Next we headed over to Ljubljiana, spending a whole day there and enjoying the city. It's small, clean, and so friendly, yet it's the country's capital. We had coffee every couple hours, walked through a fresh produce, meat, and flower market, walked along the water and up to the castle, and enjoyed sitting by the river, drinking wine and relaxing. Vinnie won the relaxation reward for the weekend; he would nap with many of the breaks we took :). One in particular was in the sun and it was hard for me not to fall asleep! Grace did wonderfully throughout these days, she played in her stroller, smiled and "talked" to all the locals who stopped to adore her, and was flexible when we went out to dinner and it was WAY past her bedtime. We may not make it back to those countries again, but what we were able to see was beautiful and enjoyable.
Our next adventure was Nove....
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