- The torture never stops

This post is an augment to our Ljubljana trip mentioned in an earlier posting. It starts out innocent enough....Ljubjana, like many European cities, has a hilltop castle. Here it is:

and like so many tourists - we climbed the hill to see it....


Here is what it looks like on the way up...

...and here is what it looks like from the top...

...and here is the spiral staircase up the lookout tower...

But, most interesting was the "Museum of Torture".  Here are some examples of what people who "purified through pain" dreamt up in medieval times...

Notice the clamps

Every one's favorite water torture (see below)

'nuff said

"...just put your chin in here."

Of course, the stretcher (see below)

'nuff said

Hang 'em up and lower 'em....ugh