Owned by a 10 year old

Day 2 - Waking up is hard to do when you go partying till 3 am on your first day in Europe so we left it up to Yan and Jessya to wake up early and pick up our rental car (Thanks guys :))Olichka, Mike and I got snacks, packed and checked-out of the hostel. Our snacks were not sufficient however so when Yan and Jessya got back with the car we went to a nearby cafe for brunch. as we walked in to the cafe a little girl was sauntering (yes sauntering) out, with her hands in her pockets like a little cowgirl. As she passed Olichka and me in the doors she authoritatively slapped us both on the ass. Needless to say that the rest of the group died laughing. 2 Days in Europe and already owned by a 10 year old.

After eating waaaayyy too much food we finally left Budapest and drove to Maribor Slovenia. Our hostel was pretty nice and there was only one other person saying there, an Aussie who is travelling for a year. After we changed and showered we went out for a night on the town. We specifically went to Maribor because they are in the middle of a Lent festival (Lent being a neighborhood not a religious holiday) and there was music coming at us from several places in the city.

We started our walk by climbing Pyramid hill opens up BEAUTIFUL views of the city from the top. There were fruit trees on our path so we indulged a little in some Russian style sour cherries. On the top of the hill we met a man who seemed very tickled to meet us. We communicated with him using a mix of Russian, English and maybe some German for the couple of words that he new. He was floored that were were all from different parts of the soviet union and know each other. It really amused him. He was also really surprised that we were all in our late 20s early 30s which got me thinking that maybe people in that area age faster than people in the US. If anyone knows please comment.

Once we have walked up a little appetite we went back to the city, through the main area to a restaurant that was recommended to us by the hostel owner but it was closed. I think we were all surprised at how cute and European the city looked. the buildings were all clean and cute and the feel of the street was very European with a lot of stone paved streets, cafes, and gorgeous bra less women walking around in skin tight clothing and heels. (Well maybe the last part was kinda Russian style, but the women managed to pull it off without looking skanky, so more power to them). Since our only known dining option was unavailable to us, we went down to the Lent festival to grab something to eat. They have basically makeshift restaurants right on the river with all sorts of different food prepared in the open air right in front of you. by the time we found something that everyone was OK with we were starving and inhaled a lot of delicious Slovenian food that we chased with some Slovenian beer. After dinner some of us still wanted ice cream, or sladoled as it is called in Slovenian, we we stopped by for ice cream and coffee at a cafe and slowly made our way home through the gorgeous streets.