v Ptuju


Here I am, in Ptuj. It's green, it's warm and according to the swallows (more then one), summer has arrived.
Dobrodošli - one of my favorite words, just makes me smile! - it's probably the familiar ending -li which forms the the Swiss-German diminutive. 

Ptuj (Pettau) is the oldest town in Slovenia and you can sense it's history when walking through the streets. Love the old buildings with their courtyards, the castle and old church. What I have noticed though, is that there are no quirky  little shops as you would find in an equivalent medieval town in Switzerland or England. In fact, any shop... The bakery I visited in the old town was a dark hole with only 5 doughy things left - and that was not due to popular demand, believe me! The lovely cafes with their "terasa" are deserted. Something is čuden (strange).... yet to find out why?

Nature is beautful here, I stumbled across a cherry tree full of red ripe fruit - in mid May!!!..... this must be a sign that I am on the "Alpensüdseite"? - the Adriatic climate? I just wish I hadn't forgotten my swimming trunks.


Location: Ptuj, Slovenia

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