*SIGH* So Wayne screwed up guys...screwed up in Slovenia...
Hey you guys!
Echo, echo, echo
I bet you're wondering where we're at
We're in an art gallery, gallery, gallery
*Laugh*
Anyway, what country are we in, April?
Slovenia. Yeah, what city?
Ljubljana. Yeah, do you guys actually know where that is? Get a map out,
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One of my favorite things to do when I'm in a foreign land
is to get up early before
Everybody's out, drink some coffee and walk around the town
You just get the whole place to yourself
In a couple hours this will be
bustling with a bunch of people
We've been walking for about 20 minutes or so on Sunday, March
What'd you say, 10th? 10th
Trying to get some breakfast...around the city center of Ljubljana Slovenia. That's true.
Been trying to
Find some place that's open
To get some nice pastries, but we're not having any luck
Everybody seems to be closed still. What we eatin', April?
Yummy Slovenian breakfast
Yeah...what's yours?
Eggs with pancetta and
Dried tomatoes and olive oil. And mine is pesto, garlic
What else was in there?
Ricotta, well, they've got the ricotta cheese and tomatoes
Oh yeah
Just got done eating breakfast, atraditional Slovenian breakfast--Finally
Yes, finally after walking around for a while
Searching for probably 30 minutes
Anyway, the food was excellent
I definitely suggest
Checking out the Slovenian House
It was roughly twelve sixty euros, which is roughly fourteen US dollars
it's a pretty inexpensive breakfast I had an Americano and
two egg plates and a nice loaf of bread fresh baked
When I told everybody we were going to Slovenia
To go do some filming for Go Travel On The Cheap, you know how many people said, are you crazy? It's scary there!
It's not scary. The people have been amazing. They've been friendly I
haven't felt unsafe once. Last night April and I went out and had a couple beers at a local pub and
Walked a good ways back to the car and it was perfectly safe. Did not feel uncomfortable
whatsoever at one time
So I would definitely suggest if you want a different vacation, an affordable European vacation. This is a
great way to spend a
holiday.
Metelkova is an alternative culture community in the heart of Slovenian's capital,
Ljubljana
It was founded in 1993 and has been active since then, providing spaces for creation,
education, discussion
Performing arts, entertainment and any use you might think in terms of art and social compromise
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The site is
12,000 square meters and consists originally of seven buildings
One of them, the school, was destroyed two times by the government of Ljubljana
So now there are six buildings that contain galleries, theaters,
Performing Arts stages, studio artists offices, hostel and a bus that is used as a library
May you have an interview with me?
You wanna have an interview? Yes, please. Okay, let's have an interview.
Okay, my name is ????
Nice to meet you.
*Rambling*
*Sigh* Oh my god, you guys... You won't believe this...
Wayne totally screwed up in Slovenia
Geez!
Just kiddin'! *Laugh* We're here at a hostel
It's an old prison that's been converted
Called Hostel Celica and I know I'm butchering that because the girl downstairs said it way cooler than I said it
*Laugh*
But for 46 Euros for the two of us for the night, we had to come stay in the Slovenian prison
And we got upgraded to the most original room
To when it was the actual prison.
You want to open it up and we'll show them the--sure, come on in and take a
gander
Show 'em the--here's an original section of wall that's been framed
So it's protected
Kind of see that there
Some carvings and one little tiny little cutout and that's it, folks. That's our giant prison cell for the night
*Laugh*
It's so teeny-tiny, I felt a little claustrophobic when I walked in. This will definitely be an experience!
So we just left
Hostel--we're calling it Celica, but it sounds way cooler. It's Celica
Celica
That still isn't in, you know her beautiful accent, but of course, that's closer
Anyway, we're heading downtown or heading to the Old Town of
Luba Gianno, I butchered that--Ljubljana. Yeah, I'll put the name down below--in Slovenia
Meet my friend, this is dragon Pete. Dragon Pete?
Did you make that up?
It's not Dragon Pete. It is Dragon Pete. That's his real name?
Yes!
That one down there?
You want to go meet that friend of mine? Yeah, let's go check that out
His name is
Theodore. For real, are you making this up?
Nope!
That's Dragon Pete, this is just Theodore
What kind of creature is that huh? I don't know, it's freaky-looking. Half bird half dog half... Well, what's those two dragons' names?
That is...Stefan...
And that one down there is Dragon Ramon. How do you know this, are you making this up?
No! *Laugh*
Dragon bridge... It is the Dragon Bridge
It was built in 1901 on
the site of the damaged wooden butcher's bridge
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It's a model of what you'll look like when you're older
You're gonna grow a tail... That thing is scary looking
Looks like it's got giant bullet holes in it. Yeah, I wonder what the significance of them are. I don't know. That's kind of cool though
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What? You getting in? What are you doing? Just doing the day around the square thing
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What ya got, April?
#vigomoment
I don't know if I'm saying that--What?
#vigomoment Supposed to share your #vigomoment with us
Oh
Well, you'll just have to hashtag that. This is sorbet
And it's mango and raspberry and it's really fresh not too sweet. You should try it
Yeah, I'll get some. It's so good. So refreshing
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*Street performer with makeshift drums*
Sokol? Sokol? That's probably not correct, but
We'll show you
This is where we're at. Sokol in Old Town
Ljubljana, yep, I'm drinking the house beer, and she's drinking a traditional
Slovenian wine. Chardonnay, Chardonnay
That
Even though
Even though we've had instances of conflict and of stress and
Exhaustion? So intense
Fatigue, like utterly
Hammered, good-for-nothing. Oh yeah
and
We've had tension and we've had frustration and you know
Impatience. It's all part of the journey
Oh yeah. You know? It is. And you work through it
Oh, look at this! That looks amazing!
Oh my god, I love the breads here. They're so amazing. Yes
Mushroom soup. This is a traditional dish
See what it tastes like
Mmm, it's actually really creamy. And the mushrooms are...
That's really good. Yeah? yeah
I just don't think that the highs would be as high if we didn't have the lows sprinkled in
That's what I'm trying to say
I mean--I don't like the lows,you don't like the lows, but it's all part of the process. That's true
It's part of the adventure
Well, the thing with travel is it's not always perfect. I mean, that's the truth of it. Yeah, and there's gonna be
Frustration and stress and--this one here. Yeah. It's a deal then
Mushroom sauce, which this one? we have stag
Stag and wild boar in pepper sauce. Wild boar. We have a bread dumpling. Oh, this is the bread dumpling?
Yes, we have a cheese dumpling. This one? This one? This one Cheese dumpling
That's a traditional Slovenian side dish and then we have a
polenta. A polenta
Perfect
Awesome Wow, looks beautiful. This is a traditional Slovenian dish
We love the venison meats
Yeah, thank you
Okay, which one was your favorite?
Hmm... I'm going wild boar. Yeah? Wild boar was my favorite. I like the cherries as you know, but it's pretty gamy (the venison)
I like this one
The that's the
Bambi. Stag. Stag, yeah. The food is amazing, but we shared a plate
And could not finish it
It was amazing. Yeah, not be deterred by you know, the people that do have money maybe want want the luxuriousness.
This is the luxuriousness. Right,
But how do we get them past the "go travel on the cheap"? Cuz they want to travel on the luxurious
But it makes you feel--listen, you're missing the game here. It's not the super-wealthy. Oh
It's the people who didn't realize they could go travel, right. Get on you an airplane and get to Slovenia
Because why? You can have five dinners
Yeah, the plane tickets might set you back-- not as cheap as us, under three hundred and fifty dollars, of course--watch the card above
Come to a country where you can afford to be at
Eat good...
Stay in nice places..even though tonight, I'm staying in a prison, but that's by choice.
*Laughs*
I like having odd places to stay.
I want you guys to think to yourself...how much would I pay for this dinner back home in the States?
Comment below and let me know what you would pay for the wild game. What's this one? phone
It's a plum liqueur
Plum liqueur. Oh, okay. Is this a traditional?
And it's not strong. It's like at the end of a... It's a little bit sweet
Oh, that's very smooth. I wouldn't even think that's liquor. It's very smooth. That's cool
But they'd probably drink this all the time? Yeah. It's like like a juice? yeah, yeah
Cute little cup
Yes
Yeah
Wonderful. Thank you! Thank you so much
Anyway, we just got out of the restaurant
Bill was a total of $38. I'm sorry, 38 euros, which is how much in dollars roughly right now?
43 roughly about $43
For the two of us to share one plate of
All this game meat, which was so much that we didn't even finish it
We didn't get dessert, but we did get two glasses of wine and a home-brewed beer
That's so cheap!
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That I know you see all this crazy artwork
And it looks completely scary
But it's perfectly normal
There's nothing to worry about; it's not a place to fear. Just come and check it out.
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It feels good to sit on my tushy
Because we've been go-go going *burp* all of the day. Yes
The name of the town is..your mom!