Ljubljana; Saturday, 02 August, 2014

First stop of the morning, after breakfast, was to head up to the castle. I was feeling lazy so was going to take the funicular up, but as I was walking to the funicular station I found I could be even lazier and pick up the land train which was sitting there waiting to be caught.

I spent much of the day up at the castle having a long wander round the various parts freely open to the public including the viewing terrace, chapel and penitentiary before taking in the paid for attractions such as the museum and the viewing tower.

After stopping for a second coffee of the day in the castle I had a wander down into the weird almost Bond-Villain like area beneath the castle courtyard to have a look around a couple of galleries based down there.

Just to see what it was like I took a quick ride on the funicular railway down and then back up the hill, before having a final wander round the castle complex.

I then caught the land train back down into town for a very late lunch and a bit of a wander around the city centre, during which I stopped off in the tourist information centre and booked myself onto a tour for the following day.

I headed over to the Cathedral to have a look around, but there was a service going on so I left it for now and went on a bit more of a walk round the city centre, before stopping off for dinner.

A lengthy, and very nice, dinner later I headed back to the hotel for an early night as I had to be up early the following morning for the tour.