| |
| | In Ljubljana, the Old Europe and the New Are Still in Balance - New York Times |
 | | FROM the 16th-century fortress walls atop Castle Hill, the view of Ljubljana is exquisite: waves of red-tiled roofs, turquoise domes, spires and, here and there, lacy bridges spanning the green Ljubljanica River, stitching the two sides of Slovenia's capital city together. |
 | | All this is precisely why Ljubljana is generating such excitement: the juxtaposition of old and new that, at the moment anyway, seems to be in a perfect, if precarious, balance. |
 | | But Ljubljana's international exposure surged in the spring of 2004 when Slovenia was admitted to the European Union and EasyJet, a budget airline based in Britain, began flying here - making the comfortable city center feel, at times, like a marvelously priced London suburb. |
| www.nytimes.com /2005/07/31/travel/31ljubljana.html?ex=1280462400&en=9fcfa4cfe381b289&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (893 words) |
|