Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
The main purpose of the boat is the transport of passengers and boat rides for tourists. Given the design of the main part of the boat, which measures 30m2, the latter can be used and adjusted for different activities.
Basic Data:
Type: boat with flat bottom construction, made of solid larch and oak wood
Length: 10 m
Width: 4,4 m
Capacity: 48+2
Weight (without passengers): 7500kg
Weight [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2016
Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
The Cobbler’s Bridge was probably the oldest bridge of medieval Ljubljana. It connected the banks of the Ljubljanica between Tranča and the present Jurčičev trg (Jurčič square). The old wooden bridge, which was probably partly a drawbridge, was set up in the 13th century. Soon shacks were set up on it. As shoemakers had [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
If the capital city has one immediately recognizable landmark, it is probably the Triple Bridge, the three-lane crossing designed in 1929 by the city’s most prolific architect, Joze Plecnik. Faced with the problem of how to widen the city’s main crossing point to accommodate increasing traffic levels, Plecnik decided to retain the 19th-century bridge in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2016
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Located just beyond the market’s eastern boundary the Dragon Bridge was the first major Art Nouveau project to be built in the city. Designed by the architect Jurij Zaninovic, it was built in 1901 to mark the 60th birthday of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef I. The bridge gets its name from the bronze dragons that [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2016
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…there be Dragons!!
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
As I walked around Ljubljana I noticed (what to me) was an unusual sight of shoes dangled across overhead cables and wires. I had never seen anything like it before and was curious to find out why they had been placed in that way. My searches have not revealed how or when this behavior started [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2016
