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<b>Day 5</b> Our last full day in Ljubljana before the start of our tour. 6 of us decided to take the hotel shuttle bus to the city after breakfast. When we arrived in town the plan was to split up and meet back at the shuttle bus pick up spot at 13 noon. However myself, Robert and Jack ( two of the Queenslanders ) decided to find a coffee spot and ended up wandering around town together. Robert had never been to ljubljana before so as previous visitors Jack and I acted as tour guide. We only got lost once. Then it was back to the Hotel for our 2pm pre ride briefing. I finally got to meet the 8 Americans who were to join me on our tour group. The other group comprised all Australians so the tour guides designated us the names of Ausie Group and Rest Of World Group. Our group consists of, Tomaz Zust -ride leader, Steve Rosenblatt & Olga Krama - married couple from New York, James Moore - from Texas, Laurel Sutcliffe & Mark Perez - USA, Jose & Beth Herrera - USA, thomas Willimas - Texas. Next it was off in taxis to collect our bikes. Once all the necessary paperwork had been completed, we went on a 40km "get to know" ride around the outskirts of Ljubljana. Then back to the hotel with the bikes. That night we had a welcome dinner at the Castle and got to know each other. I fitted in well with my new found American friends who agreed I could be an honorary American for the trip. I had a delicious Cream and garlic soup for starters and Slovenian meat loaf with mashed potato and rich gravy for main. Then back to the hotel to pack my bags for an 8:30am start. The Adventure was truley going to begin.
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