Hi, people! This is the brand new batch of doors from this Monday as I went to the centre of Ljubljana to get my first stab, taken by your brand-newly branded photographer.
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I thought to forget about the Santa Severa castle for a while since I’ve changed countries and I’ve got some brand new doors for you.
I might have gone to a wrong place for my vaccine (I thought I knew that street name!), I might have walked a bit too long for my feet, I might have sighed over some newly built monstrosities, but I also caught many wonderful glimpses: of people who had been missing from my life, of new or previously overseen treasures, one cake, plenty of Luka Dončić ads sponsored by Dallas Mavericks (Really?? You can’t buy our love, sillies. It’s hard-won!), arty trains, and a monument to James Joyce. He stepped down from the train by mistake with his Nora, thinking they were already in Trieste, and had to spent the night on the Ljubljana train station.
And when I found the right place, I only had to wait in line thirty minutes to get stabbed.
These twelve photos were taken back to back in seven minutes on a sunny afternoon, including the time when I entered the blue door where we used to renew passports, and even though everything looked exactly the same a smiling lady told me they had stopped doing that there a long time ago. Now I need to call in to a completely other location and make an appointment first.
So this was Ljubljana this Monday. It starts with a boat on the river and it ends with another one. Somebody told me that they have doors too.
The boat is ready to go under the first of the Triple Bridges. 
Info point with the dragon, symbol of the city. 
A guy called Marko in front of the Kresija gallery. I checked: Marko Gerbec, doctor and hygienist from the 17th century. 
I didn’t enter (why?) but the exhibition by Matjaž Krivic is called Dihaj (Breathe). 
This must be new. I’d remember this one. 
I love the shape of the frame too. 
The old passport station. 
It has the good old times written all over it. 
There is the modern door too. This blue one is just for show. 
Mighty pretty though. 
The other guy is Adam Bohorič, the author of the first Slovenian Grammar from 1584. 
The name of this boat is “Frog”.
For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities
This day in my blogging history
2015: If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
—Robin Williams
Frog seems like a good name for that boat. I enjoyed your lovely pictures.
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Thank you, Roberta. 🙂 If it’s not a dragon, it’s a frog. Two symbol animals of my city. One part of Ljubljana is still called the Marshes.
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These are lovely doors, Manja. Glad to hear you’re getting your shots. Boats do have doors, and I always enjoy seeing them. I absolutely love the rich details in the blue door to the old passport office. It’s an odd combination, with the curve at the bottom and the interesting right angles at the top, but it works. The door you say you would remember mu=Ishtar be my fav, but it;s hard to tell – there are so many good ones today.
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Thank you, Dan! I’m glad you agree that Ljubljana has many good ones. There will be more from there (but not next week, it’s a doorliday, I know).
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Haha – doorliday – I like that.
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Great to have a jab, some doors and some boats in one go. Nice to have a glimpse of some beautiful doors in a place that I don’t even know how to pronounce.
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If you have a look at my today’s post, Teresa, you will find the pronunciation. 😉 Plus many more photos from there. Thank you. It’s a neat little package.
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I like the blue door to the old passport office best. What a fun day out! It doesn’t look too crowded for a July summer day. Probably just the angles you framed though. 😀 I also loved that you caught the photographer making a photo. Did she get you too, I wonder? 😂
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Haha, I like to catch photographers unaware but this one wasn’t on purpose. I must say that I was surprised at the lack of crowds in the capital, but found them later in Piran on the coast. Thanks, Deborah.
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😀 You’re welcome!
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Glad to hear you’ve been stabbed! And I love that old blue door to the (former) passport office – I would take so many photos of that 😍
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Thank you, Sarah. I bet it will be right there waiting. 🙂
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Great doors, Manja. Nice looking bridge, too, and that boat looks like a fun trip. I love the Robin Williams quote, he was brilliant.
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Thank you, Jean. A short but lovely boat trip, yes. Everything is small around here, except our hearts. 🙂
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My favorites are the doors to the old passport station. Sounds as if it was a bit of a hassle from the business POV but you got some good doors out of it, so it wasn’t all bad and you did get your shot. 🙂
janet
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Thank you, Janet. I had the passport done here on the coast instead with minimum hassle and no appointment. All good. Especially since I got this blue door too in the process.
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The blue door is a wonderful design. It has so much character. Also I like the curved masonary door surround on the gallery.
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Thank you, Paul. I’m glad you like the design too. All well to you.
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Glad you got the jab, Manja.
And I love that frog. Thanks for the tour.
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Thank you, Bojana. If it’s not a dragon, it’s a frog. Always welcome (for real too).
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I love frogs too.
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Great door photos. 🙂
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Thank you, Lynette! I’m having a good time.
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Ah, characterful doors of Ljubljana
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Thank you, Sue. I’m glad you see the character.
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Oh, in spades!
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I love that blue door that’s ‘just for show!’ Such a pretty city. Put me on a boat…please!
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Oh, Jo, you come here and then I come there, alright? 🙂 Thank you! The boat is waiting!
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🤗🚤💕💕
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I love that painted door too. And I like this feeling of freedom in your words. (K)
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Oh, K, I’m so glad you can feel it. This is what it’s all about, the freedom to roam as we wish. It’s being taken away from us. We must fight for it. Thank you!
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Yes we must.
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You managed to get some lovely pictures of doors. I traveled to Bangalore and hoped to get some pictures too but got none. I don’t think people are very creative when it comes to doors in India :). So, now I give up. lol.
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Thank you, Smitha. Ahh, I see. You are door-challenged! But take this as an extra challenge, and find those that speak to you. 🙂
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Lol…’door-challeged’ I am 😀. I’ll not give up.🙂
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That’s the spirit!
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Wow! That’s some city you’ve got there Manja. That blue door is my fave… beautiful.
Pat
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Thank you, Pat. 🙂 I’m glad that you can tell it’s beautiful already. Always welcome.
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Awww! Robin Williams gone too soon! He is accurate tho lolol
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