Tuesday, April 17th. Zagreb-Ljubljana. Today was the easiest traveling day we’ve had so far, and the view of the Slovenian country side was so beautiful. We left the apartment at 11am for a 12:36 train. We left early because that was the latest check out time. If no other guests had booked the apartment after us, the Airbnb owner said she would have let us stay until 12.
Waiting at the train station was all right. We did a video call with Sean’s parents and played with Arthur for the most part. At first we waited at the platform but there was so much smoking that we finally went inside. It wasn’t as great, though, as it felt stuffy, but it was much better than breathing all that cigarette smoke.
The train arrived late. It was supposed to arrive at 12:20 for us to board but it arrived at 12:37 instead. Arthur was already asleep in the car seat and I was surprised he did not wake up as we boarded the train, especially since getting on the train required us to climb up so high. The steps were so far up that I had to put the car seat up on the train first before I could pull myself up and scoot Arthur down as I continued boarding.
This train was quite empty. You could not do a seat reservation because it was not necessary. We found an empty cabin with no problem. It was a six-seater compartment once more, and we had the whole cabin for ourselves for the whole journey.
Arthur slept for the first part of the journey. He woke up just before we reached the border. It was good. The officers needed to see his face when they checked the passports.
We got stamped out of Croatia into the Schengen States.
Then the scenery started to change. The Slovenian countryside was just beautiful.
Lots of greenery. The churches in various villages added to the fairytale background.
When Arthur took another nap, Sean and I hung out by the window in the hallway to feel the fresh, cool air on our faces and to marvel at the beautiful view.
We reached Ljubljana after 3pm and we took a taxi to our apartment. It had to stop 300 meters from the apartment, just outside the pedestrian-only Old Town area. We walked the rest of the way. We probably could have just walked from the train station to the apartment. It would have been faster due to the heavy traffic.
We waited outside for about 5-10 minutes for the Airbnb owner, and once inside, she showed us around, and we made ourselves comfortable.
Then, we headed to the big SPAR grocery store just past the Dragon Bridge.
Along the way, we stopped at the colonnade by the river to grab chocolate “kebab” and some smoothies.
Once we got the grocery, we went back home, cooked some food, then got ready for bed. I’m excited to explore this city once more. I hope Sean will love this place just as I did the first time I was here.
two backpacks and a diaper bag 