Sometimes, I think my boss has lost the plot - he felt that the best place for 2 Brits and a German to be in CEE on the night that England played Slovenia and Germany played Serbia was in Slovenia - not only was this an interesting idea given the host country's match that evening but also the large Serb population. (so much so that Mike wore a Slovenia t-shirt to support Germany, as did I - a plan that has one flaw, we dont speak that language so were not very good spies and found out quite quickly). Anyway, where the boss wants to go, we go and had one of the best nights out in the region for a long time - no aggro, despite Rupert jumping up to celebrate in a bar full of over 200 Slovenes to celebrate when England scored to suddenly realise he was on his own.
Ljubljana is a laid back, relaxed and genuinely welcoming city (not that anywhere in CEE isn't) but with it's mix of influences, history and the love of party, it was a great place to spend 48 hrs - given that Slovenia were knocked out of FIFA 2010 that evening, the atmosphere was pretty great - I can only imagine what it would have been like if the USA hadn't ruined things in the last 30 secs of extra time.
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