After we lost Nanny last week the stress of not being able to be home with family got to us a little bit. So we decided to take a short little trip to Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia. It's not too far from us and so we drove up there to take a look-see. The drive was beautiful and pretty eventful.
After about 30 minutes into the drive we met these nice folks along the road side.
Oh it's been so long since we have had a conversation with these people that we were in shock.
After getting to know them a bit we decided we better do as they ask. We followed them to the nearest town, that wasn't actually near at all and proceeded to take care of the ticket the way you do when your in a foreign country. I videoed some of the fun, below. As always I hate the way I sound, I'm sad to hear that I haven't lost my Texas accent, but oh well.
Oh we saw this sign at one of the petrol stations. If you know that the NA means ON it's pretty funny. It actually reads,
Coffee On the Potty. Aww, how funny!
The little lift thinggy to the top of the hill. Cool!
Over the city if Ljubljana stands a small mountain with the old town castle atop it. This is a view from the top of the little elevator thinggy.
We found this guy on one of the stairs going into the castle, and no I didn't pet it!
Very pretty picture, lovely!
Another view of the town from above, very European and very clean.
There is a really pretty river running around the castle hill. Alone one side it's lined with shops of all kinds, had to take a look.
Up at the castle with my honey!
For those of you who have never been to Europe, the one thing Europe has that the US doesn't is thousands of ways to flush the toilet. Really, everything from push button, to step on stopper, pull string and tons more. Anyhow, I thought it was funny and the bowl itself was clean that's odd!
Do I easily amuse of what. This is the catch inside the bathroom door, it's was totally heavy and the knob was larger than my hand. I'm just thinking what is it necessary to have such heavy-duty latches on the inside of the stall? I mean who's going to try to break in and why???
I had to catch this shot. It the sign at the entrance of the castle. It plainly says that you are not allowed to drive your car, climb on the rails, ride your bike or walk on the grass but they graciously allow you to bring your dog and pick your nose! HA!
The family, typically American, see the caps!
With my window obsession, I love this one. See how old it is and where the old hinges used to be to cover this window. Surely some poor prisoner was inside there at one time. Ohh spooky!
Another shot!
Any yet another.
And one more, actually this one is a great one. Those are the Alps you see in the distance. Just north of Slovenia is Austria.
The kiddos.
A few from inside the castle. One part is now used for a bistro and you can tour the whole place, almost.
HEADING HOME...
Have fun looking, I'm going to!
After about 30 minutes into the drive we met these nice folks along the road side.
Oh it's been so long since we have had a conversation with these people that we were in shock.
After getting to know them a bit we decided we better do as they ask. We followed them to the nearest town, that wasn't actually near at all and proceeded to take care of the ticket the way you do when your in a foreign country. I videoed some of the fun, below. As always I hate the way I sound, I'm sad to hear that I haven't lost my Texas accent, but oh well.
People in Europe have no problem staring. Actually there's not a lot of entertainments here so I guess that's the entertainment. I'm sad to say I have taken to watching people while I drink coffee in town too but I'm more discreet.
Oh we saw this sign at one of the petrol stations. If you know that the NA means ON it's pretty funny. It actually reads, Coffee On the Potty. Aww, how funny!
The little lift thinggy to the top of the hill. Cool!
Over the city if Ljubljana stands a small mountain with the old town castle atop it. This is a view from the top of the little elevator thinggy.
We found this guy on one of the stairs going into the castle, and no I didn't pet it!
Very pretty picture, lovely!
Another view of the town from above, very European and very clean.
There is a really pretty river running around the castle hill. Alone one side it's lined with shops of all kinds, had to take a look. 
Up at the castle with my honey!
For those of you who have never been to Europe, the one thing Europe has that the US doesn't is thousands of ways to flush the toilet. Really, everything from push button, to step on stopper, pull string and tons more. Anyhow, I thought it was funny and the bowl itself was clean that's odd!
Do I easily amuse of what. This is the catch inside the bathroom door, it's was totally heavy and the knob was larger than my hand. I'm just thinking what is it necessary to have such heavy-duty latches on the inside of the stall? I mean who's going to try to break in and why???
I had to catch this shot. It the sign at the entrance of the castle. It plainly says that you are not allowed to drive your car, climb on the rails, ride your bike or walk on the grass but they graciously allow you to bring your dog and pick your nose! HA!
The family, typically American, see the caps!
With my window obsession, I love this one. See how old it is and where the old hinges used to be to cover this window. Surely some poor prisoner was inside there at one time. Ohh spooky!
Another shot!
Any yet another.
And one more, actually this one is a great one. Those are the Alps you see in the distance. Just north of Slovenia is Austria.
The kiddos.
A few from inside the castle. One part is now used for a bistro and you can tour the whole place, almost.
HEADING HOME...
So this is what I came up with. It's obviously not really vintage but it looks kinda vintage to me.
Actually I made some adjustments to the pattern. The sleeves were super wide so I made a box-pleat from the bottom of the sleeve up about 5 inches. After adding the bias tape to the wrist area I took some of the bias tape and made a small bow for the top of the box-pleat. I think it turned out nicely and it looks so old.
If you havn't noticed I went nuts with the bias tape. Actually I got out my Clover bias tape makers and made all the tape for the dress. I bias taped the neck, arm holes, and hem too. I love it!
Oh yea and I added a little detail with this fun appliqued heart at the bottom. It really does feel like a homemade vintage night dress, I think I want one now!
Anyhow, this is my attempt at Vintage wear, I love it and Hannah does too.
...the men and women who lost their lives in the attack on America, September 11, 2001.
