A second day of pouring rain and we couldn’t convince the pups to go out. Mabel flatly refused and Ernest darts in and out as fast as possible. Jasper doesn’t care either way.
The day was largely consumed by a major writing session on the realities of vanlife, route research, pampering in the frying pan, and my wandering to a vegan bakery Pekarna Sameja for delicious ‘cheese’ and walnut bread knot and chocolate muffins.
183 – Walking in sunshine
Woohoo a bright day! We decided to walk the hour into town to a quirky Americana bar called Nostalgija Vintage Cafe. We had actually been aiming for Mala Prazarna coffee roasting cafe which is a few doors down and also dog friendly but I walked into the wrong one 🤣 Still both are great – thanks for the recommendations Ella!
We then explored the many boutiques along the river. Its wonderful there are so many local designers, though trust me to fall in love with a coat that was €2,000! Ahh whoops, I keep forgetting how expensive it all is; will stick to my ski jacket. The pups got spotted by one fashion designer having an independent show and got free sweets and a right fuss.
Also though I couldn’t justify €25 for a little notebook I would definitely recommend going into the lovely stationary and traditional printing shop tipoRenesansa – I love that inky smell.
For lunch we walked on to Fari’s for a delicious falafel wrap. I’m always conscious our three dogs can quickly take over a space but the owners laughed, gave them each a bowl of water and quizzed us about our travels. Super friendly people.
After walking back home via the vegan bakery we picked up our snow chains which weigh a ton and will hopefully never need to be used (we need to practice putting them on as we currently have no clue). We are thus legal to drive after the 15th November 😊
We also stocked up on yet more dog food from Mr Pets which had the biggest array of dead gross stuff…this seems more popular on mainland Europe than in the UK. Anyway the dogs love it. Meany Mark wouldn’t let me get them some luxury doggy pralines (I think Barf must have a different meaning in Slovenia) 🤣
In the evening we had hoped to see eccentric british band The Tiger Lillies at Kino Siska – a cultural music and art centre. However after driving around for ages, getting stuck and ultimately reversing onto a main road we had to skip it as couldn’t get tickets. By the time we got back to our free park spot we got distracted planning routes and the evening was over.
It’s a good thing to keep checking for bands though as we used to go out to gigs fairly often but haven’t while travelling (except my opera visit lol).
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