Travel: Ljubljana

One of Europe's newest (and smallest) capital cities, Ljubljana is also one of its best-kept travel secrets.

Situated geographically and historically at the crossroads of central and southern Europe, Ljubljana doesn't really look or feel much like a city from either world. "Thanks" largely to a devastating 1895 earthquake, the city was freshly reconceived during the last century by several innovative architects, above all native son Jože Plečnik, whose austere yet deeply human sense of form and space lent rare fluidity and coherence to the city's Roman, medieval, Baroque and Habsburg architectural and cultural legacy.

Dividing downtown in two, the Ljubljanica River helps make city life a little more sane, and its colorful embankments feature dozens of outdoor restaurants and watering holes, numerous small shops, a weekly flea market, and lots of space for promenading.

This was one of my first necklaces I have made. It can be wearable on an elegant dress or just with some lovely top.

If you visit Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)  you should try a piece of cake in a great and very beautiful de Lolita cafe. 

Yet Ljubljana isn't just for looking at it's a living, thriving place, with several major summer music and performing arts festivals, dozens of theatres, museums and galleries, and a bright array of cafes, bars, pubs and clubs kept hopping by a big student population.