“Čuj ti, v Mariboru si!” (Hey you, you are in Maribor!)
A speedy look at some Maribor doors. Second biggest Slovenian city. Father’s birthplace where he is pointing (point at the door, it’s Thursday!). National soccer champion, one step away from the Champions League. Nuff said.
I love the quotation marks: Do not park, “door”. And so you learn the Slovenian word for door – “vrata”.
The first official Football Club Maribor merchandise shop. There was a dead something small in the window on the left, right above the inscription “Our colours are forever”. Care to guess the colour in question?
The new “Violet shack”, official FC Maribor shop and hairdresser. (Because of course.)
Not quite Trastevere.
Here graffiti makes you wish to smack somebody.
There is a nice Slovenian proverb: Where a donkey lies, he leaves his hair behind.
A private university. Good at least for a selfie.
Father shows the window in Slovenska Street where he was born.
“We can go in the courtyard too,” he said.
Courtyard scene.
Courtyard beauty near father’s birthhouse in Maribor.
It was right here that his family lived when he was born in this very room, but not for long.
Interrogation chair in lawyer’s office.
In front of Primož Premzl’s publishing house on the first floor.
A greeting to round off the first part of Maribor doors.
Ohh, Sara, you’re quite right, Maribor has been the location of Golden Fox female ski races at Pohorje mountain where Tina Maze liked to ski and win, but I hear that it’s out of the schedule for the next season. I wonder why. Plus, Slovenia has Kranjska Gora, for men’s races. 🙂 Just today it got extremely humid, we shall see.
Thank you, Vicky. I asked him why he never showed it to me before seeing that I was in Maribor with my grandmother often and most gladly. He said that it was not really something to boast about. Except to a photographer.
Yes, at least now you can appreciate it’s beauty, maybe before the camera world, you might not have been so enthusiastic! I regret I found photography so late, so many missed family opportunities!
Oh wow, such a beautiful place! I love courtyards. I envy the big entry and courtyards of so many other dwellers. Ever so charming and practical. Narrow shutters and doors got me like whoa. Great stuff!
Guess I have gone over to distances here … Used to live in Southern California, which is 7 hours drive away from Sacramento (“close” – which is a 1/2 hrs. West from where I live). Sacramento is about 3 1/2 hours from the North border of the state.
So, am talking about more then ten hours in the same state. 2 1/2 hours is “close” in my world:):)
Oh yes, I see what you mean. Slovenia, on the other hand, is a country where you have every kind of landscape (except a desert, for now) within a couple of hours: the Adriatic sea, the Alps and the Alpine lakes, the Pannonian plain, the Karst and its caves, wine-growing hills and a few bigger cities.
Your father was born in a beautiful place, Manja.
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Thank you, Jean! ❤
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How is it possible that I associate Slovenian cities you mention only with the Ski cup? I need to delve into Slovenia more…
I hope the weather is better there: here, after two days of relative relief, the heat has come back with full force. Sighhhh…
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Ohh, Sara, you’re quite right, Maribor has been the location of Golden Fox female ski races at Pohorje mountain where Tina Maze liked to ski and win, but I hear that it’s out of the schedule for the next season. I wonder why. Plus, Slovenia has Kranjska Gora, for men’s races. 🙂 Just today it got extremely humid, we shall see.
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Loved the teal door in the courtyard. Beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you, Farmgirl. ❤
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Yesterday, Slovenia made history when one of their riders won a stage of the Tour de France! 🙂 I like the courtyard view and door.
janet
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Oh yes, Janet, we were all watching. 😀 History indeed! And another Slovenian cyclist, Jan Polanc, won the Etna stage this year at Giro d’Italia!
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These are all great doors and photos, but I really like the narrow wooden door, with the narrow window/shutter to its right.
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Thank you, Dan, I loved seeing it too.
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Great door set, really like the interrogation chair in lawyer’s office Green door. And thank you for making me smile. 🙂
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Thank you, Conspicari, I’m glad I managed. 🙂
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I’d like to smack those graffiti artists too!
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Hehe, Jan, yeah! Let’s do it! With a typewriter!
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Lovely, as always! Father’s birthplace is rather appealing, thanks for taking us there…
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Thank you, Vicky. I asked him why he never showed it to me before seeing that I was in Maribor with my grandmother often and most gladly. He said that it was not really something to boast about. Except to a photographer.
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Yes, at least now you can appreciate it’s beauty, maybe before the camera world, you might not have been so enthusiastic! I regret I found photography so late, so many missed family opportunities!
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Oh wow, such a beautiful place! I love courtyards. I envy the big entry and courtyards of so many other dwellers. Ever so charming and practical. Narrow shutters and doors got me like whoa. Great stuff!
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Thank you, Joey. I have a feeling that these photos show the city in a fully other light, one I had never seen before.
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Well it must have been turned on special just for you 🙂
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Must have been a meaningful moment for your father to show his birth place! The Mediterranean feeling jumps off the screen – I love it:)
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Thank you, Jesh. Interesting, since it’s more middle-European. The sea is quite far away (two and a half hours, to be exact).
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Guess I have gone over to distances here … Used to live in Southern California, which is 7 hours drive away from Sacramento (“close” – which is a 1/2 hrs. West from where I live). Sacramento is about 3 1/2 hours from the North border of the state.
So, am talking about more then ten hours in the same state. 2 1/2 hours is “close” in my world:):)
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Oh yes, I see what you mean. Slovenia, on the other hand, is a country where you have every kind of landscape (except a desert, for now) within a couple of hours: the Adriatic sea, the Alps and the Alpine lakes, the Pannonian plain, the Karst and its caves, wine-growing hills and a few bigger cities.
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Oh, you’re making me homesick for Europe!
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LOL! “Come on here’s the street, and there are doors!” I can almost hear your Father saying. 🙂
Yes, definitely wanting to smack someone for marring those beautiful walls, thankfully they spared the doors!
It’s very pretty there.
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Hehe, thank you, Deborah. 🙂
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That teal courtyard one was my fave. It’s a shame about the graffiti on that brown wooden garage door but it sure looks like a nice place 🙂
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Thanks, Norm. All in all, it was a great experience.
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Well, thank you for getting me to the right birthplace ;-). It is a charming town. Love your father’s smile!!
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