One more day in Beautiful Bled
Tina McInerney
Our last day in Bled was spent on a bus trip to a nearby town, Radovljica which has a medieval centre. The weather was amazing as usual. - 22 degrees and sunny. We had a lovely trip, stopping for coffee and cake, having lunch on a balcony overlooking a valley and visiting a Bee Museum. That was interesting as Beekeeping has been a huge industry in Slovenia. There are souvenir honey shops. There were some amazing hives painted in folk art, religious scenes, saints etc. There was an interesting documentary showing the lives of bees and their habits - quite amazing that someone has sat and watched bees for so long that they have worked out Bees do a little dance to let other bees know how far away and in which direction more pollen is to be collected.
When we returned to Bled, we took a boat (Pletna) out to the island in the lake - no motor boats on the lake - there were 17 people in the Pletna rowed by a single standing man. There were plenty of people on the island which has a church, a cafe and a souvenir shop. I can’t imagine what this place would be like in summer, so many people!
some pictures
The local church
We had lunch looking out over this valley.
The bell tower on the island in the middle of Lake Bled