So I’m writing this last post in Slovenia in the afternoon before our last workshop, as I won’t have time at the end of the day today. I will predict the remaining experiences that happen after I click the publish link in WordPress.

I awoke feeling great this morning and after getting showered and dressed I went to breakfast early. I then came back to my room to get ready for our travel to the SEM Cafe in Metelkova, an artists district of Ljubljana that was once a prison/military block. We heard from a local writer, Nina Dragicevic, who spoke about the Lesbian Library she helps out with, in addition to LGBTQ artists and their history in Slovenia. It was a very interesting discussing as Nina is also a musician and writes about sound, so I was particularly engaged in hearing from another musician/writer.

Afterwards, we toured the graffitied/sculptured buildings and went into one of the hostels that used to be a military prison. The builders kept one cell intact to remember what the building once was, and it was powerful.

We were then asked to visit at least one museum while we were out, so three friends and I walked to see the David Lynch art exhibit at a museum a good walk away (Sharon, Jennifer, and Imogen). Wow! What an exhibit. Lynch is a great artist as well as a filmmaker, though I really just classify him as an artist. His paintings, all in blacks and grays, were deeply powerful, moving, and disturbing, like his films.

The four of us then walked to Cafe Romeo and sat on the side of the river for lunch. I got another burrito while there, while my friends all got salads. The waitress almost forgot to give me back my Ithaca College Corporate Card, so I’m glad that I’m extra protective of it.

I’m back in my hotel room now writing this, about ready to meet up with everyone to walk to our last workshop location. I also checked into my Air Adria flight for the morning, which they highly recommend we do. Right now, all of my flights are on time. After workshop, I’ll come back to the room to do some final, thoughtful, packing.

Later, we walk to have one more reading of a student who is graduating and some alum. Then, all of us walk to a final dinner, which is being paid for by VCFA (thanks, VCFA!). Then, the question is whether or not I should sleep or not as our cab will need to get us to the airport by 4:15am or so. I should be able to get a few hours in.

Otherwise, that’s it, dear reader! It’s been great blogging about this experience and I hope that you have enjoyed the ups, downs, and in between-s of my experiences. I’m sure that they’ll be at least one more posts where I share some snippets of work that I began here in Slovenia.