Today, Monday, we met the group a little before 9 a.m. for a walking tour of Ljubljana.  Our local guide was Tina.  Tina told us a lot about Slovenian history and how much better it was when they were under a Socialist government (Tito).  I'm not sure I quite agree with her but then I don't live here.  Then we walked a little ways and she pointed out the obelisk that has Napoleon on it.  Napoleon was here in the 1700 or 1800's and the people here loved him because he did good things for the country. 

She continued down the street and talked about....somebody Plecnik, I can't remember his first name, who is the most famous architect of Slovenia, and pointed out the library that he designed and built.  Discussed it in great detail saying it was supposed to resemble a ship, the red bricks represent this, and the stonework represents that, etc. etc.  Over lunch, I told Stella that I just couldn't see that and she agreed.  I must not be able to appreciate that period of architecture or something because there was no way that I could envision a ship looking at that structure.  We walked on around the city while she gave us the history and pointed out historical sites.  Stella took pictures inside St. Nicholas's Cathedral to prove that she had, indeed, been inside a church. 

It started out quite chilly but around noon the sun came out and it warmed up.  We spent the afternoon looking through shops and people watching. I had never seen a salt shop before.  Cooking salt, table salt, bath salts, even salt soap.  If the bags of it and bars of it hadn't been so heavy, I'd have bought some. 

The people watching is great here.  We were surprised at the number of tour groups we saw today.  And the residents here dress very nicely.  How women can walk on cobblestones with 5 inch heels is a wonder. 

The people of Slovenia decided they had finally arrived on the world scene when the Pope and Bill Clinton both came here in the mid-1990's.  250,000 people turned out to see Bill Clinton. 

We came back to our room about 4:30 and downloaded some pictures to our facebook page.  We laughed and laughed over a couple of pictures we put out there.  Kelly Peone wanted to know what the view is from our top floor room so we immediately took a picture of the building across the street to show her.  Complete with the couple hanging out the window watching the people down below.
They were smoking so we decided they didn't want the smoke in their apartment or they just like to see what's going on in the area.  She was in the window Saturday and Sunday when we looked out, and again this morning when we all gathered outside the hotel to start the walking tour.  He joined her tonight when we got back and took the picture and just now when we returned from dinner, he was there but she wasn't. 

Tomorrow we leave at 8:30 a.m. on the bus to go to Lake Bled and then on to Kobarid for the night.  Kobarid is in the area where Ernest Hemingway served during World War I and it was the inspiration for "Farewell to Arms."