Bleddy Beautiful!
claireollason@yahoo.co.uk
We are leaving Bled today after 3 beautiful days. The weather has been helpful - 22 degrees everyday! Unbelievable! We arrived Tuesday afternoon, found the apartment then the supermarket for breakfast supplies etc. Nothing changes there. The next morning we went for the walk around the lake as is usual for visitors to Bled. We had a bit of a detour up a hill which was quite steep - we had to hold on to a steel cable in one part otherwise we would have had a bit of a fall - no mention of this in the Lonely Planet - it just mentioned it was a steep walk! Anyway, the views were amazing and the walk down was easy. You will notice we had a walking stick each. Just as well as we mightn’t have made it up the hill.
After the hike, we stopped for a drink at the rowing club and then a rest before having tea at the pub next door. Our accommodation was great. Very clean and comfortable. TV with 200 channels. Dad was able to watch some golf in a Japan and BBC News forever. There was a coffee shop as well as the pub. The Supermarket was only 200metres away and the lake was 300 metres down the road.
Nexr day was a trip to Vintgar Gorge about 5ks out of Bled. We caught a bus to the gorge, walked 1600m along a wooden walkway and then up over a hill back to Bled. The gorge was amazing except for the crowd and people stopping to take selfies on a very narrow walkway in places. The walk was through a beautiful forest with autumn leaves falling everywhere and at the top of the hill was a Church and great views down over a valley plain. The walk back to Bled continued through a couple of villages. Outside a pub a lone woman was holding a sign with Protest written on it. We asked what the protest was about and it seemed she had been married for 31 years and then her husband divorced hr and it was all over in 2 months. She lost her home and her pharmacy business to her husband who had some help from his boss who was supposed a big wheel in the community. It was quite sad but I am not sure what the protest would do to help. Here are some photos from the gorge and the walk.
After the walk we stopped at a Gostilna which is an inn / pub / restaurant. Later we walked up to the top of the castle hill and down again. The end of a lovely day.
