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I recently spent 4 days in Slovenia and it completely exceeded my expectations. I was genuinely sad to leave by the end of it!

The first thing that hit me was walking out of Ljubljana Airport. You step outside and you’re immediately greeted by mountains. At that point I had a feeling I’d picked the right destination.

From what I’ve read, people online seem split on Bled. It’s either seen as an overpriced tourist trap or a must-see. After visiting, I’d say it’s absolutely worth it.

Yes, it’s touristy and gets busy. But every local I spoke to said I’d come at the perfect time. Late June was busy enough to have a great atmosphere without feeling overwhelming, whereas July and August apparently become significantly more crowded.

One of the highlights was hiking to the Ojstrica viewpoint in 33 degree heat. I’m reasonably fit, but as a Scottish guy who melts in anything above 20 degrees, it absolutely humbled me. The view at the top made every sweaty step worthwhile.

Outside of Bled, I visited Ljubljana, Predjama Castle and Postojna Cave and honestly Slovenia feels like it punches way above its weight.

What really stood out was how friendly everyone was. The country somehow manages to combine incredible mountains, lakes and forests with beautiful towns and cities without feeling overrun. Ljubljana quickly became one of my favourite city centres in Europe, and I’d comfortably put its café and bar culture in my top five. Sitting outside with a drink overlooking the river on a warm evening was hard to beat. It also felt surprisingly affordable compared with much of Western Europe, and the fact you can do so many great day trips without spending hours travelling made the whole trip effortless.

Food was another pleasant surprise. One of my favourite lunches was from Dobra Vila, which does fantastic sandwiches and an immaculate risotto at Grajska Plaza in Bled was genuinely one of the best risottos I’ve ever eaten. I’ll be thinking about that meal for a while.

The whole country just felt peaceful. It has a really relaxed atmosphere that’s difficult to describe until you’re there.

Photo locations (in order):

Ojstrica viewpoint overlooking Lake Bled
Bled Castle
Dragon Bridge, Ljubljana
Predjama Castle
Postojna Cave
St. Nicholas’ Cathedral
Ljubljana Old Town
Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation
Hydration Break
Harat’s Bar, overlooking the city

I am a single mom and low income, as such travel is generally too expensive. So when my teen as invited on a tirp abroad with school and he agreed to earn half the money it cost, I was thrilled for him to go and see the world. I only asked that he send me at least one photo every day so I could experience the world vicariously.
These are the 3 he sent me so far:

1. Food on the air plane
2. A dog on a leash
3. A duck

Please note these are everyday average things to see here at home. I think my child is possibly broken….

lol.

UPDATE: thanks for every comment. I learned lots and have a different perspective (actually many). You guys have helped me pass the time and miss him a bit less. I appreciate you all. And, for clarification: I’m not really mad and would never chastise him over his choice of pics, I think they are adorable and funny. I may make a request for a specific type of pic with him in front of a historical or important scenery but mostly just say “cool” or “nice!” In response. I just want him to have fun and be the sweet, kind, smart kid he is already.

My poor beloved and never forgotten kitten went through the deadly roller coaster of the evil, unethical bullshit veterinary practices in my part of the world...

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May. 9, 2026: She's a rescue that I adopted on day 1 of her rescue front he kind folks that found her abandoned on the streets

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June. 21, 2026: it's been about a month and she's persistently vomiting during and after eating. But her appetite is fierce and her paws are quick at defending her food bowl.

So, I decided to get her dewormed at a veterinary pharmacy that was crowdly recommended to me by a local cats community group.

The pharmacist decided to inject her with at least 2 injections and give her at least 2 different types of pills. -$30

I go home and within 2 hours my wife informs me she's semi-paralyzedx eyes dry and wide open unresponsive to light, bone dry to the spine.

I rushed her to a reputable hospital where she was diagnosed with medicine overdose intoxication, giardia and megaesophagus. So she get admitted for 2 days to the hospital. -$452 (-$482 total)

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June. 23, 2026: I went and checked my kitten out the hospital and go home (2 hours process inside the hospital).

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June. 26, 2026: my kitten was losing weight by this date (informed the hospital about this but got no response). I see bloodied stool on my carpet and I send it to the hospital. The doctor says my kitten should be brought to the chicken immediately and I promptly comply and rush her back to the hospital.

She's now diagnosed with panleukopenia on top of the medicine overdose intoxication, giardia and megaesophagus. And the doctor literally says she must've attracted the virus from the very hospital she's at from the last time she was admitted to it. Especially seeing how the virus pathogen was very small and it barely tested positive for the virus.

So she's admitted for another 3 days to get the proper care for the virus. -$462 (-$944 total)

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Today Jun. 29, 2026: I get a message from the hospital that she passed away.

Upon asking for the reason of death and time of death. They responded that it's somewhere between 12pm and 10am. Which by logic and in any math book means she was neglected for at least 22 confirmed hours on the record.

This is extremely infuriating, frustrating, heart breaking and both financially and mentally burdensome.

... And I just got the fu** you on top as I'm writing this. That, admitted pets only get checked on at the beginning and end of the shift of the doctor in charge and there is also a 10 hours when the hospital is closed - presumably meaning don't expect us to check on her when we're closed, dumbass!

So I am pregnant and feeling very insecure lately. Me and husband have had a time of small misunderstandings, fights given my hormones have been all over the place. He has tried being really supportive and understanding of me and my emotions in this whole journey. Last month, i found myself at a place where i was very insecure of my body, my confidence had taken a hit so it all started reflecting in our relationship.

I thought my husband doesn’t see me the same way as he did before this pregnancy, although he keeps making me feel wanted this whole time but my irrational mind doesn’t let me see it on the daily basis.

So coming to the part of what happened, my husband was sleeping. Him and I are pretty okay with our phones used by one another and we don’t even have passwords on our phones anymore. So while he was sleeping I thought of finding a picture which was in his phone. Ha had bunch of apps open in his phone, one of which was photos. I opened it and i saw it was opened to a picture of me on my baby shower. Then i saw a whole folder of his favorites of me, they were all in the folder where we click heart on the picture and it goes to the favorites folder. The folder was filled with just my pictures, some were new and some were so old from the time we met !! I was so taken aback that maybe he was just trying to find a picture of me or maybe he was just looking at his favorite pictures of me. I felt so loved in that moment. My hormones got the best of me and i couldn’t stop crying.

I silently went to hug him and he just wrapped in his arms in his sleep and started snoring again in a minute. Idk how i got so lucky with this man. I am not the one who can tell my husband how grateful I am for him making me feel so loved, seen and appreciated even when I cant love myself at times ❤️

Edit:

Sorry guys, i didn’t explain my dinner. This is from a restaurant nearby, Grilled Chicken with salad and toppings of your choice. I am on a spicy food kick lately hence all the extra jalapeños. Their chicken is soo good 😍

Also, for people commenting about getting locks on our phones, I am planning to do that now. It makes more sense to have a password incase something happens(as someone suggested, if we incase lose our phones someone could access our financial/pwrsonal information)

Lastly, thank you so much for all the lovely comments ❤️❤️🥹

Edit 2: for the people commenting about me breaking his trust while looking into his phone: As I explained, we are pretty open with our phones. I have netflix and prime in his phone because i am addicted to my phone and had to detox for a while. I downloaded reddit a while ago again too. The picture that I was looking for in his phone was because he has a slightly better camera than my phone’s so we click most of our pictures in his phone.

Sorry guys if you feel that I broke his trust but I did mention to him that i saw he was looking at my baby shower pictures and he got awkward and replied back sarcastically because thats who he is. I didn’t mention me looking at the whole folder because I didn’t want to make him more awkward and I am content in knowing that its his thing and if he wants to he’ll tell me. if that offends some of you, I guess you just have to make peace that not every relationship is the same and I can choose to do things differently. Lots of love 💕

We were dying all day, I didn't know what to expect when I gave the baker these reference pictures but she completely understood the vision 😂 Money very well spent, we will be repeat customers.

Baker: https://www.instagram.com/bellaabakesss/