So Much For Spring

Just when you think Spring has finally arrived, you take a Saturday trip to Ljubljana Slovenia and get snowed on all day long. In fact, when we were about 30 miles out of the city, it was snowing so hard, Hailey said, "It looks like Narnia." Thank God it wasn't sticking too badly because the road conditions were still pretty decent if you drove slowly (something Tom hates to do). Some may be thinking, "Why Ljubljana?" Shopping and eating of course! One of our friends (Bohdana) had been wanting to take us there for quite awhile so we all hopped in the Odyssey and took off on Saturday. For the eating portion, Bohdana wanted to take us to this really cool Argentinian restaurant aptly named Argentino. You'd have to live in Europe for a while to really appreciate this place. Most places in Europe don't spend the majority of their money on the decorating aspect of the restaurant but focus on the quality of the food. It's rare to have both. As you see by the pictures, the architect and designer of Argentino's didn't leave anything to chance. Everything from massive chandeliers to a huge fireplace adorned this restaurant. We took so long walking around taking pictures that I'm sure the waiter wondered if we'd ever order. Finally, we did. Sarah had Empanadas (A small savory pie from Spain and South America filled with meat, seafood, or vegetables), Hailey had French Fries, Michelle had vegetarian fajitas, and I had fajitas with chicken and beef. Along with a good Slovenian Beer, it was a perfect meal. Of course Sarah and I needed "a little something sweet" to finish it off so she had a crepe filled with Nutela (Europe's version of peanut butter, but it's actually hazelnut cream), and I had some kind of ice cream with hazelnuts. We must have been there for 2 hours before we finally decided to do some shopping.

Bohdana wanted to take us to a big mall since they're so hard to find in this area. The mall was everything we expected and had all the right stores to include H&M, Zaras, Celios, and a pet store for the girls. It's always nice to be indoors shopping on a cold and snowy day outside. For the most part, it was a very successful day of shopping. We were able to get out of the mall for under $200, which might be a record for Michelle. After 3 hours in the mall, we went searching for some place to eat. Michelle heard about a sushi place from another one of her friends, so we were off to find it. After one stop, Bohdana had us on the road to Sushi Mamas.

After no more than 5 kilometers we were at Sushi Mamas. What a cool place. While deciding what to order, we saw a couple with a huge plate of assorted sushi and sashimi. We asked about that, and before you know it we had no less than 50 different types of sushi sitting in front of us with plenty of ginger and wasabi on the side to spice it up a bit. The experience was awesome, and we were very glad we topped the night off at Sushi Mamas. With 200 kilometers of snowy road to navigate, it was time to go home. Fortunately, the snow really didn't stick to the road too badly, and we were back safely in a couple of hours. I still think I'll have a hard time explaining to most people that we went to another country for the day just to have Argentinian and Japanese food (and a little shopping).