Something New, Something Old, Something Green
The “Right to Green”
Ljubljana is a real gem! The city has its old and its new and it is green all over. It is a walking and bicycling city with cars restricted in the city core. What fun it is to explore and walk through this city. We especially love walking along the river with all the restaurants and shops and lots of trees.
This city has trees! It has a 50% tree canopy cover rating. The average European city sit at around 30%. Through deliberate urban planning combined with a generous geography the vast majority of its green spaces are publicly accessible. They call it “the right to green”. That is a right I can get behind.
They have a couple of contiguous forested areas wedged directly into the center of the city. In fact, I went hiking in a beautiful forest that is a short walk from our hotel. The park is called Tivoli and it is over 1200 acres!
Old and green. Speaking of old at the hotel where we are staying they have a 200 year old grape vine in our courtyard! That is pretty cool.
A few blocks from our hotel is an old monastery that is lots of old trees all around it as the city buzzes to life.
The city comes alive each day with so many visitors and tour groups and young adults from the university in the city. What a great city to visit or stay awhile!
On the path together,
John