Isn´t Ljubljana a fantastic name?? It sounds like something from a fairytale...anyway, we went off to Lake Bled today....gorgeous...as I read somewhere it looks like it was designed to go onto a postcard.
Our day started out a little precariously as we had a massive thunderstorm during the night & woke to constant rain...we were in 2 minds whether to go or not but decided to risk it. It was also quite chilly & wasn´t going to get any higher than 21 deg...so we were excited to be able to put on jeans for a change...plus raincoats!!
The bus trip was about 1,5 hrs...& all the way we were looking at mountains with lots of cloud cover. Because of the weather, lots of the tours which would normally have been there were cancelled..lucky us. We decided to walk the 6 kms around the lake & also wanted to go on a pletna...a boat across to the island...which we did part way around.....this island has no permanent inhabitants but a gorgeous Church of the Assumption. There are 99 steps up to the church. I wanted to ring the Wishing Bell inside the church which I was able to do...our boat man said it was so nice that no-one was ringing the bell so far today as they get very tired of hearing it going all day in the summer!!!!!
After our walk was completed, we were starving as we´d only had a coffee & shared a danish for brekky...barely anything was open even to eat but we found a little place selling "hamburgers"...delicious...& killed those hunger pangs in time for us to get the bus back to town. We are having a quiet time for a while as we aren´t hungry yet but will head back into town for some dinner later.
Exploring Ljubljana is on the plans for tomorrow. By the way, we are making the most of the free internet & computers in this hostel..
love to all
You have certainly been blessed with your trip.....few tourists....and do you count the steps in your sleep? Was there a fee to ring the bell? Can imagine the locals going berko with the continous bell ringing. S and H just left to have the night with David b efore their 2 month touring. Itinery is very busy, so many wonderful places to see and Gianina a respite in between, a few times. Bit busy here, take care with lots of our love Mum and Dad
ReplyDeleteI had some time today to actually check out some of the places you've visited, via online images. Gorgeous!! Everything looks clean and fresh and yes, I agree with you about the name Ljubljana. To our ears, it's like a fantasy word!
ReplyDeleteFYI Simon & Helen's blog =
http://youngshjourneys.blogspot.com
They are very excited. It's great to see them heading of on this adventure.
Love
Georgina
Oops! I mean "off"
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