TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

7:44 AM
Posted by jodi rose

sunday 13th november
7.35am
i know it's ridiculously early. still timed to another clock.
friday written off by train journey back from ljubljana - and woken at 7am by shadows in the window. luckily it was the people fixing my hot water, so could have a shower, but not until the one with a very luxurious moustache had spent 2 hours trying to make the studio lights work, and finally concluded that the electric wiring didn't quite add up so an electrician will call on monday.

went on a sortie to the big supermarket - billa - and spent 1600 sk on enough food for a week (about $50 au) including lots of fruit and veg, disko biscuits, delicious ricotta pastries, but avoided the smallgoods and absinthe. maybe in a mont or so. cooked 5 mushroom risotto with peas, then had lovely ichat with sophea while waiting for taxi to the station to pick up philippa, who arrived from bratislava at 22.40.
our taxi had to collect someone else but promised they'd be back in 10 minutes, and when they returned, the young boys next to us tried to hijack it - I was very stern and a big grumpy about this, because I never manage to convince any taxi I haven't booked to take me anywhere in these parts - but having the advantage of language and being a local, the two boys climbed in the back - luckily it was a minivan. dani turned out to be very friendly, asking what are you doing here at the end of nowhere? he knew the original bridgeguard, and is living in bratislava for 5 years but still comes home on weekends to see friends and family. he also recommended the green pub, which gyuri and thomi told me is the best in town.