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 lublana is low key you meet the president at the market things are

pretty casual in the 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 anticoagulant known to man in their saliva.

Stroll around Lubbly on him, 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 Ljubljana in just a moment.

Plus, Nature photographer Mardias 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 and most livable cities in Europe.

Joining us in our studio all the way from Ljubljana is Tour Guide Barbara Yakovich.

And Cameron Hewitt joins us as well. He's the co-author of the Rick Steve's Eastern Europe

and the Rick Steve's Croatia and Slovenia guidebooks.

I'll bet that Cameron has written a few of his updates

from the comfort of a Riverside cafe in Ljubljana on at least a few occasions.

You know it's so funny, Barbara, when I think about Ljublana, it's hard for me to, well, first

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