Steves got it right

I was reading travel guide writer Rick Steves' website tonight and discovered that his description of Slovenia's capital city (Ljubljana) is right on:

Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana (pronounced lyoob-lyonna) — with a lazy old town clustered around a castle-topped mountain — is often compared to Salzburg. It's an apt comparison, but only if you add some breezy Adriatic culture, throw in a Slavic accent, and sub in local architect Jože Plecnik for Mozart.

Ljubljana feels much smaller than its population of 300,000. Festivals fill the summer, and people enjoy a Sunday stroll any day of the week. Fashion boutiques and cafés jockey for control of the old town, and the leafy riverside promenade crawls with stylishly dressed students sipping kava and polishing their near-perfect English.

It's only been a week since my visit to Ljubljana so my impressions of the city are still fresh in my mind, and they align with what Steves had to say.