somebody help me - I’m being spontaneous!

after a morning run through the fog I napped from 8-10:30 this morning, waking to a conversation between two roommates in my hostel dorm. Gaelle - from France, with a voice reminding me a lot of Maylis - who finds herself in a similar pridicament as me in not knowing what to do after her masters, and Mads - from Denmark - who doesn’t know what he wants to study. both were lovely, and I spent most of my day with them.

as we wandered by the river, I took an immediate liking to the statues on the butcher’s bridge. rough figures lacking definitive shapes, I enjoyed looking at them, and have decided I want to find out more about them and what they represent.

after Gaelle and I returned to the hostel, we ran into Mads, who was on his way to the museum of contemporary art. he invited us to join him, and so for €2.50 we spent an hour wandering through a wide selection of Slovenian modern art.

we wandered the lanes back to the river, and stopped by an Aldi to buy snacks. when travelling solo, I depend on the grace of supermarket prices for breakfasts and lunches, and I’m happy to say that Aldi is yet to let me down.

we enjoyed some very cheap chocolate on our way back to the hostel, during which Gaelle argued with Mads over a claim he had made implying that Danish croissants are better than Parisian croissants.

I drew blind portraits of my new friends at the hostel. it feels good to be meeting new people again - from all over the world too. I am so lucky to be here.

drinks tonight - I tried Slovenian beer and it wasn’t even that bad. tomorrow I train to Zagreb. Slovenia has been beautiful and very kind to me, regardless of how fleeting my time here has been. <<