Town of Murska Sobota

Today, my last day in Slovenia, it is raining.... oh well.... Still we decide to go for another drive, this time to Murska Sobota about 37 kms drive...

Murska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.
Murska Sobota used to be Yugoslavia's northernmost city, and throughout history it has shifted across borders between Slovenia, Yugoslavia, and Hungary. Hungarians still represent a 3,000-person minority. In 1919, the Republic of Prekmurje was declared here and the city was the capital of the new state. In 1991, during the Ten-Day War between Slovenia and the Yugoslav Federal Army, Murska Sobota was bombed from the air, with no casualties or visible damage. Today, it is a quiet city with an economy based on regional administration, light industry, commerce, and spa tourism.

Please... don't mention the war!!!

We had lunch to wait for the rain to stop... I had to eat that yummie cake again.... divine!!!  Then we walked through the park to the castle where they had an exhibition on the slavic settlement in the region.  Igor, Ken & Yvonne's friend is a potter and made the historic pots for the expo....

The expo was very interesting and showed the movement / settlement of peoples throughout the centuries.

Exhibitions in 2012

TÜ MO ("Here we'll stay")

Slavic settlement in Prekmurje.

On the way back we passed a frozen lake with lots of ducks, I went up to take photos... the poor ducks thought I was going to feed them and came up to me in droves..... I had to run... hi hi....

A cold, wet, but interesting day again.....would be nice to go to one of those famous Thermes.....maybe next time...

Legend says that when God created the world, he had a handful of the most beautiful, most wonderful leftovers, and with these remaining treasures, he created Slovenia.

S & D & L

Celje, Slovenia

Today is the 19 January 2012.... Hisham's Birthday.... he would have turned 52 years of age..... He only made it to his 50th Birthday on 19 January 2010!

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But ...my life must go on.... and today we are going for a drive to Celje.... about 72 kms drive.

Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria.The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle (407 m) at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna rivers in the lower Savinja Valley.The Celje region is frequently shaken by minor earthquakes.

It is freezing cold again, but sunny!  We go for a nice walk along the river and around town....

And to warm up we are having a nice cup of coffee / cocoa at the Kuba Cafe....

In Slovenia you have the Creme Cafes, very yummie....

This hairdresser or 'Frizer' in Slovene, had some historic pictures posted... they looked a bit scary.... history of hairdressing in Slovenia...

On the drive back home, we passed quite a lot of those typical Slovenian colourful houses... fascinating....

There are also quite a few hops fields (for beer brewing) everywhere  (a bit like in Southern Germany where I am from...)

You can find all the German supermarket chains in Slovenia:

In the evening, Ken & Yvonne had another Slovene language lesson in Maribor, so off I went to experience some of the Cultural exhibitions in town....which turned out to be a bit bizzare... or maybe it's me....

Again, there was no address for the expo, not much signage, nobody there to direct you.... for being the Cultural City 2012... they totally lack  organizational and marketing skills!!!

And to round up the day... we went out for Pizza.... it was a bit like an American one.... very large, but strange... I ordered a vegetarian one... each quarter had a different veg on it... rather than being mixed.... well...different countries, different habits..... it was yummie anyway.

S & D & L