Novo Mesto - Thursday

We are very comfortable in our room at the Ravbar Apartments.  There are great photos everywhere in the building.  Our host, Uros Ravbar, told us at breakfast they were all taken by his son.  He showed us a book by his son, containing photos from 6 continents.  Fabulous work.

We wandered around the old part of Novo Mesto all day--visiting the cathedral of St Nicholas (containing a Tintoretto above the altar) and a few museums.  We stopped for a long lunch at the Gostilna something something right on the Main Street.  Last night we were at Gostilna Don Bobi.

At lunch we ran into probably the only other American tourists in Novo Mesto.  They are staying at the Ravbar Apts, too.  Turns out they were also guests of Vlad in Ptuj just a few days before we were there. They enjoyed listening to his stories, too.  They (Al and Jane) are searching for Slovenian relatives, alive and dead.  The dead ones seem to be moving around.  Jane had a cemetery address and picture of her grandfather's tombstone but when they got there it was gone--tombstone, grandpa and all.  Turns out his plot was only rented for a certain number of years and then he had to move out.  Seems a bummer.  We'll probably run into them again.  They are in Slovenia for a month also (trying to find Grandpa).

It rained this afternoon but we had our raincoats and rain pants along so we didn't mind.  We stopped for an ice cream after our last museum and then bought some sardines and fruit to eat for supper.  We have a kitchen off our room so can make a nice cup of tea.

Top:  Novo Mesto by the River Krka (at least they dug up one vowel).  Don't know why the river is green--maybe because the sun wasn't shining.
Bottom:  Always lots of pastries to choose from.

Congratulations to Rachel for getting inducted in NHS tonight!