Nancy seated with our  friend Professor Vida Zigman.  She is a physicist at the Polytechnic College. It was our last night in Nova Gorica and she had invited us to her apartment.

This was Henry before he found a tarantula cage beside him.  Actually, he was just happy eating canapes of prosciutto and  cheese  and sipping on the bubbly champagne.

Tarantula !  He was raised by Mojca, Vida's daughter . He was a  tiny baby when she got him.  His name is "Tam aka Tam". He was furry and nice looking, but Vida and Nancy were praying that he didn't take a side leap onto the table toward them. Mojca has several others that she has raised and kept in her room.

The last meal of Nova Gorica for Nan and Henry was eaten at Oddih, a very nice restaurant located in the hills outside of the cityl.  Grilled turkey, grilled vegetables,  veal cutlets, and  glasses of white wine were served.

The gathering point for the tour of Ljubljana.

The flag of Slovenia is flying in the upper left.  The small inset includes mountains and hills representing the parts of the country.

This building is flying the flag of Ljubljana. The castle symbolizes the castle that overlooks the city. The dragon has mythical significance to the city

This is  a the seat of the Ljubljana city council. The original building was erected in 1484 and rebuilt in 1718  to plans created by architect Gregor Macek. Today the council also uses the buildings on either side of the main white building.

This shows a glass covering that  protects  a fountain created in 1751 by Francesco Robba,  a great master sculptor of Ljubljana.  It is described as an allegorical sculpture of the three Carniolan rivers, the Sava, Krka and Ljubljanica

A view of the buildings across from the Town Hall.  In the lower part can be seen a design in the cobblestones that make up the plaza.

This is a cathedral door for a church in old town.  It was made to commemorate Pope Paul's recent visit. before.  There are four cardinals looking down on the figure of Jesus.  There is the pot to represent water for life's spiritual  sustenance in the top left corner

This door is on the other side of the cathedral. It also has a variety of symbolic images.

A view across the market square where the farmers set out their produce for sale.  The white building houses meat and fish markets.  This structure was designed by Jose Plecnik. He believed in combining beauty and utility.

Here we see the outside of the market square built to follow the river. The architect, Jose Plecnik, put little towers out from the line of the building to make it non-linear.   In the spring and summer it is possible to walk under that arched area. There are boat rides up and down the river in the summer.

This view is from the castle hill. It shows the length of the market , the alps in the back, and more of the old city .

Here you can see our guide Martin between two tour group members.

This is one span of the three bridges connecting the oldest part of town at the base of the castle hill with the newer areas.  You see one of two foot bridges and the vehicular bridge. Plecnik added the two foot bridges in 1931 to  the original  old stone  one  to accomadate the increased population and cars.  The statue is that of France Presceren(1800-1849), Slovenia's greatest  poet. He wrote of the longing for personal and political freedom that was desired by his countrymen. The statue was designed by architect Maks Fabiani and sculptor Ivan Zajc.

This is the original department store, Centro Merkur. Designed by Jose Plecnik, it has three floors and sells everything including groceries. Each street on either side has small shops along it.

The most prominent building here was the original town hall which later became the law school. There is a newly renovated building for the law school by the dragon bridge to Old Town. We will present a picture  of it later. The yellowish building on the left is the Slovene Philharmonic and  is being refurbished.

After our three hour tour, we frozen tourists were directed to "The Roz". It is a quaint place where we had coffee and grog. The man on the left is from the Netherlands, Robert in the center is from Texas, and the gentleman on the right is from Australia.

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