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Exploring Ljubljana – Post 1 of 2

My day started with feeling very empowered as I went grocery shopping!  Here is an example – Slovenian looks nothing like English so couldn’t really navigate effectively, but I managed… oh, this is a piece of BBQ chicken… …then off to explore the city centre – that is all pedestrian, along with kavalirs, that are …

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Goodbye England, Hello Slovenia!

After a lovely night in a pretty little old hotel… …and after getting yet another covid test… It was time to fly from Manchester to Ljubljana via Frankfurt… I wondered at first about my grey dessert – turn out to be a delicious chocolate covered creamy thing…  yum… View from my balcony… It was a …

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Sir Walter Scott Country

On the surface, this day might seem like a bummer of a day as five different places I went to were closed, but I still had a lovely day of exploring… Sir Walter Scott’s courthouse… Reading Sir Walter Scott’s journal in Waverley Castle…  

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Lytham and Thurnham Hall

Headed out first to Lytham, then up to stay for a few days at Thurnham Hall – part of the building dates to the 13th century, but most was built in the 17th century.  

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Whalley Abbey

Heading back down from Ashington where I had been staying, I spent a couple of nights near Clitheroe and spent ages exploring and wandering around the ruins of Whalley Abbey.  

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Blackpool Zoo

Alan needed to go into the lion’s den (literally) so we three girls went exploring around the rest of the zoo…  

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