"Blitz" visit to Slovenia

Yesterday I made a very short trip (less than ten hours) to Slovenia, more specifically to Ljubljana (quite a difficult name for a city, isn't it?). Until then, all I knew about Slovenia was that they have a lot of basketball players and that they were the first (and the only one so far) ex-Yugoslavian republic in joining the European Union and, afterwards, the euro.

First thing that wondered me in the visit was to fly over the Alps. I could clearly see from the plane the valleys and how roads and villages are spread around them, without ever getting too high up in the mountains. When approaching the Alps I could even see the clouds stuck in the mountains, covering the valleys but not the peaks of the mountains (some of them with snow), like a carpet laid on the floor.

Once landed in the cosy airport of Ljubljana, the impression I got from Ljubljana is that it is quite small for being the capital city of a country. The city centre is quite nice, although it looked like too new and renovated for me in the fifteen minutes I spent there. I cannot say much more about tourist attractions, because, as previously said, I exactly had fifteen minutes to walk to the town hall (see picture below) and back to work. I have been told that Ljubljana is quite a nice town, but, believe me, I did not have the chance to walk around it for long.
All I could do was spending one hour in a traffic jam on the way to the aiport, with a final amount to pay of 71 euros. In this sense, the highway itself and the airport seemed to me to be quite small, again. With such a short stay, I am afraid that all I can say about Slovenia is that it is quite a small country, but very attractive in what I could watch is concerned. Next time, I will try to stay longer in Slovenia; promised!