Today we want to take you to the city in north-east of Slovenia. It's called Maribor, and it's the second-largest city.
Because we want to avoid the motor highway, as they are quite expensive here in Slovenia, we took the local roads through villages, mountains and forests. At the time we reached, it took us already two hours driving, and we had realized that Maribor is quite gray city. It reminded on some points to German cities. This got even more confirmed when having a cup of coffee, that most of the city speaks German as well.
The weather was depressing, it was fully cloudy and raining in between. We parked the car and started walking, trying to find the old part of the city called Lent.
Through Maribor goes a wide river called Drava, which is 710 km long and originates from South Tyrol and ends in the Danube river. We enjoyed very much the walk next to the river, observing the birds, swans and Autumn colors from the trees.
What you have to know about Maribor is that it inhabited the Guinness world record oldest wine tree (Žametovka), which is around 400 years old. It was inspiring to observe the big tree and feel the energy of such an important place for the wine industry.
We took some pictures and headed forward to explore the rest of the old town.
We realized lots of houses are abandoned and broken, but on the other hand side there was a lot of art hidden. We spotted some advertisement for the Computer art convention, which reminded us a lot of NFT's and the crypoverse.
In reality, this old and damaged buildings come with a certain charm.
When we were already here, we were interested in trying some local wine from this region. After a couple of wines we started to get hungry and because we didn't want to eat Döner Kebab, we searched nice restaurants, but sadly they were closed or in renovation.
With empty bellies, we left the Maribor and agreed to take a stop at the well-known restaurant Stari Pisker. Though we are not really fan of meat, we couldn't resist trying this gigantic burgers and stakes.
After seven hours on the road, we were happy to be back in the Julian Alps.
Love you all, Hive community! We have already planned something for the next weekend, and we hope you'll love it!