Noroc, Aleš!

• Manja Maksimovič

This is not an answer to Rock or Not to Rock, but rather – as you know since you studied there – cheers in Romanian. It is your birthday after all.

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Na zdravje!

First, some technical info for my followers: today I’m trying something new on my blog. If you click on any photo below, you will discover an interesting feature: you’ll be able to view the photos in a very pretty gallery, if I say so myself.

But you must click, and in that case captions disappear. I suppose one cannot have it all, and WordPress likes to remind us of that.

As always around me, captions are important. And now they are bigger, which I really like. So I suggest that you first go through the photos and read them, and then click on the last photo to see the photos again in the funky gallery setting. WordPress call this feature Lightbox. (I don’t know if it works on your phone as well. I like to say that this is a big screen blog.)

I’m always pleased if you tell me you opinion and your experience with my blog.

And now to the birthday at hand.

Writing your name in the title reminded me of every time when I strolled around London and all those ALES pub signs reminded me of you. 😀

But this is our Ljubljana, both times that we met in its centre, in May and in July. These were also the only two times that we saw each other this year. Changing countries will do that to you. Both days were murky but it doesn’t change things one bit. Ljubljana is pretty.

One more thing: the poem that you will see in one of the photos I already translated here.

Happy birthday, Aleš, enjoy your upcoming travels to both coasts of the USA (and try not to unhinge anything), and to many joint wanderings!

  • This is our Ljubljana. Slovenian Philharmonic Hall and the Castle above.
  • Friends.
  • The funny thing about this is that we met Mr. Babačić, the author of this poem about bloody peace, about an hour later. This is Ljubljana for you: compact. And things happen.
  • Now famously dubbed “submarine door” by the Thursday Doors crowd. I wonder what the owner would say.
  • On the run.
  • High above.
  • Mr. Gustav Mahler in front of pizzeria Ljubljanski dvor. He conducted operas in Ljubljana for a while.
  • Chemistry is images / physics is actions / the sum is the universe / dreaming of itself
  • Das Ist Walter, Sarajevo restaurant in Ljubljana.
  • The picture on the wall from before doesn’t lie. This is how they serve coffee. A cigarette used to be included.
  • The little park behind the Faculty of Arts where we both studied English but weren’t friends then. You seemed not easily approachable.
  • The (new for me) monument in this park. Jože Toporišič is the most famous Slovenian contemporary grammarian. This quote speaks of the need to preserve Slovenian language. But of course.
  • Fox on the run.
  • We went through little streets that show what a village Ljubljana used to be.
  • We laughed at this grandiose flag in a private garden. Take it easy!
  • And then we reached one of your favourite bars by the Ljubljanica river.
  • “Stairs. Use at own risk.” And chestnuts blossoming (not acacias!).
  • A ride one can take.
  • There is a legend of the Subaquarian man who captured the most beautiful Ljubljana girl and danced with her into the Ljubljanica river.
  • In May it’s especially pretty.
  • The only time I was in this pink, Franciscan church, was for your wedding.
  • The end of another day with Post Office reflected and the ad to encourage reading. Not a bad place to grow up.

14 thoughts on “Noroc, Aleš!”

    1. Thank you, Dan. 🙂 I was amazed when I found and tried out this Lightbox option for the gallery. I still need to see how it displays if you view my blog on the phone. On the big screen it’s pretty colourful, just how I love it.

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