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SLOVENIA
CELJE-LJUBLJANA
JULY 12, 1908
At 5 in the morning I continued along my I went up to the castle, which is in the centre of
along the way, which came in very handy for it bljanica winding below it. From the top there
perennially winding road. There were springs all
was exceptionally hot and there was no breeze.
It was quite a journey to get from Sv. Martin to
Kamnik. I was already starting to get homesick
and because I had been perspiring so much I
hopped on the local train, which got me to Lju-
bljana for 35 kreutzer at a ¼ to 12. What I saw was
that the entire city had been rebuilt after the last
earthquake, it was quite lovely. In the afternoon
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the city at about 200 metres, with the river Lju-
are beautiful vistas in all directions, in particular
Mount Rak in the north, whose peak reaches up
to 1031 m. The mountain is completely barren
and very popular with tourists; it is also called
Steinische Alpen. There is a tram plying the main
roads of the city. The city has a school for girls on
the frontage of which proverbs are carved in re-
lief letters.