About the hardest thing you'll have to do on a walking tour of the capital of

Slovenia is learn how they spell the name of the city. When we have time we locals

we love to come to the Central Market and we see how the seasons are changing and you know

Slovenia is low key, Ljublana is low key, you meet the president at the market.

Things are pretty casual in the southern part of Germany as well, even the way they speak.

The language already is different.

The language is a little bit slower.

We drop a couple syllables.

We use the wrong articles, and we don't mind that.

And Marty Essen has learned a few surprises about the wildlife he photographs in

exotic places around the world.

Well it turns out that vampire bats have the most effective anti-coagulant known to man in their saliva.

Stroll around Lubblyana, get ready for Octoberfest in Bavaria,

and get up close to some wild creatures.

It's all in the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steves. Stay with us.

We're about to explore two cities in the heart of Europe that are easy to enjoy on foot today on travel with Rick Steeves.

A guide from Munich lets us in on what makes her region of Bavaria stand apart from the rest of Germany.

And we'll get walking tour ideas for Slovenia's comfortable and modest capital city of Lubljana

in just a moment.

Plus, Nature photographer Martias and joins us later in the hour to tell us about some of his favorite

creatures in the wild, even the slimy and slithery ones.

Let's start the hour, discovering why the Slovenian capital is often called one of the greenest

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