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Magic Circle -> 11. Juli -> Tolmin / Metelkova -> 13. Juli -> Ljubljana -> Slovenija
Next day. Sunday. 11-07-2010. Magic Circle day. But (nearly) nobody of us will stay for that festival, so everybody is starting to pack and break down. Slowly. All here around looking a bit wasted after 7 days party time. It's time to say bye to everyone. Also going to Sar - and she says, that she will stay here and watch the bands today. Nej planned to go to visit some family nearby and being back in the evening again.
Me and Prož walked slowly but surely to town - still no idea how to go back home. I sit into the bar with the Internet access and checked mails and stuff like that, and he was checking out the bus station and met some italian girls there. We found out that there is one(!) bus going today from here to Ljubljana and we decided to take them. Not going to LJ, but to Prož's home. So standing here at the bus station, waiting, and drinking another beer :)
More and more people coming to the station, and as the bus arrives everybody wants to go inside. First the driver lets only the people inside, who had booked a ticket in advance. After that the bus was nearly half full. And now all the other people want to go inside. And finally they got inside, but - omg - u could not imagine how full this bus was! And it is very, very hot that day - like the 3 days before also. Puh! We are half way lucky, we find one seat very in the back of the bus and the other one can sit on a stair in the middle way. (Other people have to stand all the way!). First I am sitting on the seat, and after half way we are changing. But my biggest problem is not the uncomfy seat, it is the air. It is simple too hot, too much people, and as a result of that too bad air. Sometimes I couldn't breath….
I am that much glad and happy as I am out of this f**king bus now! Puh. Horrible trip. We are in a small village, maybe 50km before Ljubljana and a short distance from Unec. We must walk now a few meters to the road that leads toward that village and doing autostop. We were waiting smth like 10 mins, when a girl takes us with her to Unec. Arriving there, Prož invited her for a drink in the only restaurant here. She agreed, coz, she was to early and had some time. She was visiting family - it is a Sunday today :) Before she left she gives us a big 300g bar of čoklad. Now we have to walk ca. 1 kilo to his house.
Being there, we are starting the basic necessary program: shower, food, relaxing and having a look at the enormous cactus-collection of his mum!
Still we have no idea, how to go to CZ. One option: autostop, the other option: train. After long, long discussions, we decide to give the train option a chance. We thought that could be faster. In the end we were probably wrong, but we had a lot of fun.
But first we have to go to Ljubljana. So we go near to the highway entrance and try to hitchhike. But it is Sunday (didn't I forgot to mention?) and very, very less cars coming. Maybe one or two cars per 5 mins. We wait ca. 1½ hrs and than gave up. It is dark already as well. We started that too late in the evening. So going back to his house and fall asleep in a real bed!!
Next day. (Mon, 12-07-2010). Early morning. Getting up, having small breakfast and start the autostop-thing again. Much, much more cars coming along and we wait not even 10 mins.
Arriving in Ljubljana, we checked out the train station and available tickets. There is only one ticket left for Tuesday for 40 € to Prag one-way for the train at 9 in the morning. But another for 80 € return. For today only 80-€-one-way-tickets are available.
Oké. Starting the discussion again. Taking the tickets for tomorrow and stay one day in Ljubljana - or try autostop through Austria? We choose the first option again.
We bought the tickets and now searching for a place for breakfast. It is very early, so none of the cheap or good places are open and also his friends are probably still sleeping, so we don't want to call them yet. Sitting in a quiet court somewhere in LJ and waiting for the bar to open. Just relaxing. The bar will open in less than an hour. As opened we drink some hot čoklad and kava (coffee) and thinking about where to stay. But Prož knows a lot of friends here, so it should not be a problem to find a place.
After some time, we think it is oké now to call the people, coz they probably not sleeping anymore. And successful: His friend has an free day today, so we can come to his house. The only thing is, that around 16.00 h some friends are coming, coz they want to do a boat trip. But he also said, that he will be back home again late in the evening and it will be no problem for us to stay there one night.
Knowing that, we take our things and walk, and walk…, maybe only half an hour but it is already very hot and most of the way there is no shade. His friend's place is a little on the outskirts of Ljubljana. But finally arrived there, and the first and only thing we want to do: sleeeeeepp!! I could only sleep for maybe 1½ h, Prož is sleeping much longer. In another room I can connect my Netbook to the Internet, so it is a good chance to check mails and do some work or whatever stuff ;)
From 15.00 h on some friends are coming and in the end we were 6 and found out that we are hungry. So we going to order pizza. It was maybe 16:30 as we get the Pizza. His friend always wanted one for free and talked a lot with them. Gave up and called another time…. Now, finally, we have 4 big pizzas and a small one for free :) We couldn't eat all, so we leave the leftover for tonight. Maybe we will be hungry when back home. But now is the time for the boat trip!
All the friends are working together preparing the boat - except Prož, he takes a sleep again… I could not help such much, but oké and soon everything was ready. I wake up Prož and we are entering the boat. They want to make a tour a bit further away, but will bring us to town, so we must not walk back again. Very good! And the short boat trip is really nice. And a very beautiful landscape beside the river.
They left us out somewhere close to the center and we 2 started a small sightseeing tour. Watching all the most important tourist spots in town center (I like the Dragon Bridge very much) and then walked up to the castle. In the castle-chapel, where it was really nicely cool, we met some Germans who had also been on MetalCamp. A lot of talking. And what I like most in the chapel was this coat-of-arms from "Isterrreich" showing a goat :) Furthermore, from up there, you'll have a nice view over the old town of Ljubljana.
Back to town we have a rest in a nice cellar-bar, which is decorated with lot of bones and skulls, including a "bat". But now it is time to go to Metelkova. Thatʼs an alternative scene place, where lot of concerts and parties took place. Before we entering that area we go to a supermarket and buy wine and water. So perfectly equipped, we just sit down in front of a pub, as a girl shouts on me: "I saw you at MetalCamp in the pit". "Ääääh, yes, could be, I was there", I am answering. She was from Hungary with a friend on MetalCamp and they are planning to go to Kaltenbach OpenAir next weekend, and used the time inbetween for a stay in LJ. Also some more people from MetalCamp were sitting around - from all over the world, I think. So a lot of talking, a lot of fun. Later we decide to try another club - but it was Monday, evth was closed and we are ending up in Metelkova again. There is a party going on, like disco, but it is so warm, that everybody is sitting outside. The Laško is not that expensive, so we continuing having fun :)
Prož was suddenly away. I couldn't find him anymore, but who cares. Then back again, he ask me for the fotocamera. Oké, I give it to him, he brings it back some time later and disappeared again. It is very late meanwhile and our train tomorrow leaves at 9. So I start to search for him - and I find him! Together with two girls and new glasses?! No, the same?! No, but looks like that… The solution: One of the girls has nearly the same glasses, only a slightly different colour, as he has, and even the same dioptries!
And then the new option for the night: We can stay at her place, she is living only a few minutes from the railway station, so we don't must get up so early tomorrow and can stay now a little bit longer, bla bla blub. I said oké, but sooner than later I like to go to sleep. And you organise everything. He did.
So after another hour or lets say: another beer or two, we, thats Prož, the 2 girls and me, take a taxi to the place where his friend lives. Taking all our things from there (not as easy, I wasn't prepared for that situation, but I don't forgot anything) and go to another friends home were one of the girls stayed. We remaining 3 go further to the other girls home - a student building. Anyway, I find a bed there and fell asleep.
Next day morning: I wake up, searching for a bathroom and toilet somewhere outside in that huge building, but find it easily. Back to the room I am telling him, that we have to leave. He can't say goodbye that fast to her. And then the other girl, who slept somewhere else, comes also. Finally we managed to leave the accommodation and hurry to the station. Also we need smth to eat and drink for the trip. But it is nearly no more time left until the train leaves. So he goes into a bakery for some food, and me into a pub for smth to drink. Just in time we are catching the train.
And this train is full. It is that train coming from Zagreb and going to somewhere in Germany. We find two seats in a compartment and once again I start to hate this f**king austrian railway waggons, where you can't open a window. The air condition is not working. It is getting really unpleasant hot. It is better to stay outside, where the waggons are connected together. In Maribor they are telling us, they will fix the air condition - but nothing happened. So I started to search for a better place. Prož also. And 3 guys, who not even could find a seat, too. And one girl from Ukraïna, also can not find a seat. In the end we 6 ended up all together in a first class compartment :) And the conductor was not complaining about that (maybe because of the damaged air-condition?), anyway we are going to Salzburg now first class :) At least the remaining ride is comfy and not boring at all.
Arrived in Salzburg we must take notice, that our train to Linz is 25 min. late. So the Australians had the idea to buy some beers in town. Because I was at the station area not so long ago, and therefore knew where to go to, I go with one of them to buy the beer. And btw, I am the only one speaking the language ;) I know a supermarket, not far from the station, I saw them in the early morning. So we go there - and have to find out that the whole shopping center is closed. Maybe rebuilding? Not only the railway station? Anyway, in a bar nearby we get what we want and going back onto the platform where the others are thirsty and waiting.
Because of the delay of the train, we are not sure now, if we can catch the train to Prag in Linz. The conductor was not really friendly and could or would not help us. Arriving there, we hear the information, that exactly this train is waiting. So we hurry up, but can catch em easily. Me and the Ukrainian were a little faster and walked a few waggons further to the front, where we found an empty compartment. The rest was lazy, and they just sit down in first class again. Some times later I go to have a look where they are and find them sitting there. But this time not as lucky, the conductor says, that they have to go out of here, so they joined us again :)
It is even more fun, with 6 people together doing such a train journey. The Australians also were on Metal Camp and planning to go to Obscene. They only want to stay one day in Prague. The Ukrainian was not so involved in Metal at all, but wants to stay a few days in Prag, before going back home.
Me and Prož decided not to leave the train in Tábor, but one station before, and go to a very small station where only slow trains stop and which is much closer to home. So we go out in Soběslav, but can not find a pub. We have only ~30 mins, so enough time for a drink, but no time to search a lot. Now we are drinking our beer in the kino-bar instead. It seems that Soběslav has no pubs, but a cinema.
Taking the train, and ~15 mins later getting off again, we just need to walk another 15 mins to my home. Hurray! Back home again! Shower, fresh clothes, and a bed.