Phew! Yesterday was a long day, wasn't it? I can't believe I made it! I was touch and go for a while there. haha.
So today is the day! Today is the day that we finally go to Slovenia! Our entire group is freaking out! As much fun as sight seeing in Austria was, we did not come on this trip to see Vienna, we came to go to Slovenia. Everyone in our group woke up refreshed (I never felt any jet lag from this point forward) and ready to go. We packed our bags (again) and drove to the airport to board the smallest plane I have ever flown in to fly to Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Side note:
When we were leaving our gate to board the shuttle that was gonna take us to our plane, the women scanning our tickets were putting tags on our carry on bags. I just figured it was some protocol that they had to make sure we weren't trying to sneak bags onto the plane in between the gate and the plane. So, I boarded the shuttle, got off, then boarded the plane with my bag (like you do on most flights). When I got on the plane, I tried to put my carry on in the overhead bin, but it wasn't fitting. Some business man behind me murmured that I should put my bag "downstairs". I was really confused by that statement. What did he mean downstairs? Like, under my seat? Because it definitely won't fit there. So, I zipped up the extended part of my carry on (to make it smaller) and shoved it in the overhead bin. Josh was right behind me and he shoved his carry on in the overhead bin as well. We sat down (in the wrong seats, because a man made me move) and got ready to take off. Then, right before we were about to take off, Josh noticed a cart with everyone's carry ons being loaded underneath the plane. Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! That's what he meant by downstairs and that's why they put those tags on our bags. Wow, I'm usually observant of those things, but I totally missed that. Oh well.
Ok, back to the story. We landed in Slovenia and decided to try and pull a prank on Brad (one of the missionaries in Slovenia) by trying to say that Kiara didn't board the plane somehow. When we walked out, Andrej (another missionary) was there, so we tried to prank him instead. I'm not sure if he believed it or not, but it was still funny.
We all loaded up in two vehicles and drove to Lake Bled. This was amazing. Let's just say that if you do an image search of "Slovenia" in Google, you will see pictures of Bled. We hung out here, took pictures, played with Swans, and then went and got lunch. After lunch, we walked through Vintgar Gorge. Words cannot describe the beauty of this place. I've seen a lot of beautiful landscape in my lifetime (I've been to Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Tetons, the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, the Everglades, the Grand Canyon, and so on), but I'm pretty sure this place takes the cake. It was amazing. We walked, took pictures, ate ice cream, and watched Nathan (another missionary) do a back flip off of a bridge.
From there, we finally headed to the hostel where orientation was being held. We settled in and began orientation. We didn't talk about much the first night, and honestly I don't remember much from the first night. All I remember is that there was a coffee shop/bar across the street from us that had good WiFi. This is where we went every night to hang out and check Facebook.
So there you have it. Day number three of our trip, but day number one of Slovenia. Things were starting to get real, and camp hasn't even started yet!
-Ashley
Do you have any funny travel stories where you did something that you weren't supposed to do? I have PLENTY! Please share them with me in the comments below! :)
So today is the day! Today is the day that we finally go to Slovenia! Our entire group is freaking out! As much fun as sight seeing in Austria was, we did not come on this trip to see Vienna, we came to go to Slovenia. Everyone in our group woke up refreshed (I never felt any jet lag from this point forward) and ready to go. We packed our bags (again) and drove to the airport to board the smallest plane I have ever flown in to fly to Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Side note:
When we were leaving our gate to board the shuttle that was gonna take us to our plane, the women scanning our tickets were putting tags on our carry on bags. I just figured it was some protocol that they had to make sure we weren't trying to sneak bags onto the plane in between the gate and the plane. So, I boarded the shuttle, got off, then boarded the plane with my bag (like you do on most flights). When I got on the plane, I tried to put my carry on in the overhead bin, but it wasn't fitting. Some business man behind me murmured that I should put my bag "downstairs". I was really confused by that statement. What did he mean downstairs? Like, under my seat? Because it definitely won't fit there. So, I zipped up the extended part of my carry on (to make it smaller) and shoved it in the overhead bin. Josh was right behind me and he shoved his carry on in the overhead bin as well. We sat down (in the wrong seats, because a man made me move) and got ready to take off. Then, right before we were about to take off, Josh noticed a cart with everyone's carry ons being loaded underneath the plane. Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! That's what he meant by downstairs and that's why they put those tags on our bags. Wow, I'm usually observant of those things, but I totally missed that. Oh well.
Ok, back to the story. We landed in Slovenia and decided to try and pull a prank on Brad (one of the missionaries in Slovenia) by trying to say that Kiara didn't board the plane somehow. When we walked out, Andrej (another missionary) was there, so we tried to prank him instead. I'm not sure if he believed it or not, but it was still funny.
We all loaded up in two vehicles and drove to Lake Bled. This was amazing. Let's just say that if you do an image search of "Slovenia" in Google, you will see pictures of Bled. We hung out here, took pictures, played with Swans, and then went and got lunch. After lunch, we walked through Vintgar Gorge. Words cannot describe the beauty of this place. I've seen a lot of beautiful landscape in my lifetime (I've been to Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Tetons, the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains, the Everglades, the Grand Canyon, and so on), but I'm pretty sure this place takes the cake. It was amazing. We walked, took pictures, ate ice cream, and watched Nathan (another missionary) do a back flip off of a bridge.
From there, we finally headed to the hostel where orientation was being held. We settled in and began orientation. We didn't talk about much the first night, and honestly I don't remember much from the first night. All I remember is that there was a coffee shop/bar across the street from us that had good WiFi. This is where we went every night to hang out and check Facebook.
So there you have it. Day number three of our trip, but day number one of Slovenia. Things were starting to get real, and camp hasn't even started yet!
-Ashley
Do you have any funny travel stories where you did something that you weren't supposed to do? I have PLENTY! Please share them with me in the comments below! :)
(The castle on Lake Bled. This castle and the church in the next picture are the two things that you see when you Google search "Slovenia.")
(The church on the island in Lake Bled.)
(A swan and her babies approached us.)
(They got so close that we could touch them.)
(As you can see here, they are used to being fed.)
(But they also attack.)
(A great panoramic view that Josh took.)
(Sam, Bobby, and Becky at lunch after visiting Lake Bled.)
(These pictures do not do this gorge justice.)
(I took so many pictures. I was hard narrowing them down to just a few.)
(I didn't mean to include this random stranger in this picture. Oops!)
(There are tons of this kind of stuff in Slovenia.)
(So beautiful.)
(Andrej telling some fake story about some ruins.)
(So beautiful.)
(Jessie and I in front of an old, unused dam.)
(Josh and I in front of that same dam.)
(Cool looking bridge over the same dam.)
(Here is a video of Nathan doing a back flip off of a bridge in Vintgar.)
(Here is a video of the swan in Lake Bled.)
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