We decided totally last minute to take a roadtrip to Slovenia. It's roughly the same distance as our roadtrip to Italy that is coming up with Oma & Sh (Mary & Ron) so we thought we'd test out Liam's tolerance. Let's hope the next one goes as well - he only woke up / fussed when he was hungry, which turned out to be about 3 times over what ended up to be a 9 hour (600+km drive). We left about 5ish as Liam wakes up most mornings to eat at 4.30 so we just got on the road directly afterwards. Gorgeous scenery through Switzerland & Austria, the sun rising (aka blinding us), riding in a car on an empty highway lined with mountains...it was a great start to the trip.
About 2pm we arrived to Slovenia to a warm, sunshiney day. Liam housed big time, which resulted in a huge spit up all over his outfit, as well as one of the two blankets we'd brought. Then, he managed to rock through another 2 outfits in short order; bombing out one and somehow peeing out the other. We'd hardly arrived and already I was worried we didn't have enough clothes with us! Luckily, things settled down quickly. We enjoyed a lakeside stroll and sunny views from the balcony that evening. Friday we headed to the capital Ljubljana for a private guided city tour, strolled around with a fussy lil dude, ate our tasty lunch in shifts to accomodate Liam's needs and fed in public, A LOT. The second batch of Asian tour groups did their fair share of gawking at Liam. We ate some super tasty gelato and then we headed back to the hotel for another evening spent watching the sun go down.
Saturday was our 'relaxed' day of the trip which included driving to see another lake, Lake Bohinj, Liam's first gondola trip up to about 1500m (5000ft) for views over the lake & the Julian Alps, a swanky lunch at Tito's former villa, another afternoon on the balcony and dinner at the restaurant next door to the hotel. Slovenia reminded us a lot of Switzerland, stunning mountains and lakes, small and manageable. Where it differed was in the people. They were friendly! It was refreshing. The food was good and the prices were clearly much, much more reasonable than in Zurich. We wished we'd had another day there to relax and enjoy the weather, but instead we woke at 4.30 and were on the road by 5.15. Joe rocked driving the entire trip (thanks babe!)...one perk to forgetting my license;)
We passed through Liechtenstein, Austria, & Germany to get to Slovenia, so, including his birthplace, Liam's already been to 5 countries. As Megan said today, Liam's already been to more countries than her. Although he probably won't count it and I expect might be a bit annoyed with us for doing all this when he's too young to remember. We're looking even more forward to our Italian adventure now that we have a bit more understanding of how he does in the car, what helps him fall asleep in an unfamiliar place,and that coffee still tastes delicious while breastfeeding (priority for Italy:)!
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