Cheap romance in Slovenia

Tomorrow we leave Slovenia.  I'd like to come back again either in virtual or real life.  This adventure was sort of doomed from the start.  It's Elizabeth Peter's fault--she's one of my favorite authors.  Her most famous series takes place in Egypt, but Dave gave me a book, Die for Love which is part of a different series.  The book is a spoof on romance novels and my poor suggestible brain has been churning out cheap romance novels cliche's all month long---all set in Slovenia which is peopled with beautiful woman, counts, oppressive governesses, and laborers all of whom look like Fabio.  Maybe it's a good thing that I won't be going in real life for a while.  If I went and saw a middle-aged businessman or anyone with imperfect hair or teeth it would be very disappointing.

Great Food!

After world war two Slovenia was occupied by the Germans and the Italians.  Both cultures influenced the food of the area--which just goes to show that some good can come out of just about anything.  We had my sister, Lisa and Catherine's boyfriend, Conner over for dinner in Slovenia. 

We began with a homemade mushroom soup (I understand that most meals there start with soup).  Soup was so-so in my opinion, but the others said they liked it. 

The main meal was goulash---this because I couldn't quite bring myself to prepare braised horse and blood sausage.  With this I made bacon bread, a pasta fruit salad with a peach/sourcream/pineapple juice dressing, and a filo-dough cheese concoction--quite good.   Dessert was apple-walnut cake. 

Right--no one was counting calories.  Largely because no one could possibly count that high.