Celje

My last week in Celje, Slovenia.  One more post to go and then I'm headed home.

My last post will be all of our favorite things that we discovered while in Europe.

Today's post is of some of the sites in Celje, Slovenia.

 The City Center was amazing.  Our apartment was located here.

 One of the many places I found where I could just sit and read.
I found it peaceful.

Sidewalks and roads are built around trees.

Our favorite restaurant had some growing right through the roof.

Here is our apartment.  Ours is the fifth floor balcony with the window open. 

Home Sweet Home!

The  view looking North from our dining room window.

The top floor of this white building is where they have a dance class every
Tuesday night.  We can hear the music and see them through the window.

 More photos of the City Center.

There was so much to look at.  

Every building was so amazing, I wanted to take photos of everything.

It's a good thing they drive small cars.  Here is a driveway to an apartment.

Every city has it's castle...here is Celje's Castle.  

Its name is Stari Grad  Celje.

 Here we were sitting at the library in Celje looking up at the castle.

Celje's Castle is in the process of restoration.  

Very little has been accomplished as it is extremely expensive to restore a Castle.

                                                      

Here is a view from inside the Castle walls.  It dates back to the 12th century.

If these walls could talk...Amazing!

 

This was once filled with water, a real moat.

Here are some rounded stones used in the catapults.

This photo shows how thick the walls are.  

No wonder these things stand for thousands of years.

 This is the view from the Castle tower looking South..

They could see everything that was coming or going.

A view of Celje from the tower looking West.

You can see the old city by the red roofs.  This is City Center.