Orla “feared for her own safety” in Maribor.

VirtualTourist.com has tons and tons of travel reviews, written by 400.000 members from 219 countries. It’s a pretty interesting site, all in all. I was recently looking around at Slovenia’s reviews when I stumbled upon this angry (and funny) post about the northeastern town of Maribor, written by an Irishwoman named Orla:

I was in Maribor on a day trip, have to admit I wasnt enamoured with the town. In fact, I’ll admit it, here and now ; I hate Maribor!!!! I will never go there again, I went on a Saturday and the town was completely deserted. What that was all about I dont know. I had guys shout things at me as I walked around town and this old guy blatantly ogled my chest and probably said something really horrible. It’s one of the very few places that I have visited that I have feared for my own safety. I hated it so much I cut short my day trip and took the first afternoon train back to Austria. (source)

Harassment by members of the opposite sex seems to be a continuing problem for her. On her member page, there’s this warning:

I do not reply to emails along the lines of “will you be my “girlfriend” the next time I’m in Dublin” or anything of that kind of suggestive nature. Ok, I realise that doesnt sound very nice, but I’m sick of getting those kind of mails and i dont want any more of them. (source)

There you have it. The poor lady’s life is full of unwanted advances, “suggestive” e-mails and old guys yelling stuff about her chest. Anyway, shame on you Maribor. Especially the old guy who was yelling something.

If you want, you can see all of Slovenia’s reviews here.