Blogs from Bled, Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 9

Geo: 46.3683, 14.1147Ooooh, action packed and its ONLY the first day. We are in heaven. We thought Granada was amazing... this is a million times more amazing. I wish we could live here! I shall start from last night...Last night was our last night in the jail cell hostel. I took a few pics, but we mostly just hung out at the hostel, drank at the bar (in the hostel), and talked for a couple hours with other travelers. I even got to try a drink called Liquid Cocaine, which I think we have back home.... except this version isnt a shot.. its a whole glass, and it contains a fair amount of Absinthe (I found the green fairy!!!!).Anyway, this morning we set out first thing for Bled. We hopped on the 9:15am train, and arrived ... read more

I just couldnt go over another narrow, winding mountain pass. Every slovenian we met, told us that the drive to Bohinj over the mountain pass - is difficult and hard. When we were rafting our guide had asked us if we were taking the "car train" to Bohinj? Of course my ears picked up when I heard car train- finally an answer to my problem. Well sure enough there is a car train. You drive your car on to the car carriage, you sit in the car and an hour later (compared to the 2 1/2 hours it would take by car) your'e at Bohinj. I was sure it would cost us at least 80 euro but, we had a fun ride for the price of 12.50 On our first day we drove to Bled,which is ... read more

Went to a beautiful gorge with Cynthia, got lost in a small village and waited for a bus to come for an hour when we unknowing could have walked back to Bled in 15 mins.... read more

Hello, Apologies for the delay in posting this entry (and the next and final one). Strangely for our expectations of Europe we have in fact struggled to find easily accessible internet with USB connection to upload blog entries and photos. For instance in the town of Bled, the only internet computers are located at the travel agencies and you can only use them to search the web! But to return to our adventures..... In order to have a truly wonderful time in Slovenia - and we heartily recommend that you come to this country if you ever have the chance - we suggest you do as we did. After farewelling Zagreb and its wonderful tofu-tasting fair and towering funicular, we caught the train to Ljubliana, the capital of Slovenia. We then exited the train station and ... read more

Monday 14th September Blobbing in Bled The weather has turned to custard overnight and after the thunderstorm had passed through last night it had rained a fair amount and it was still raining lightly this morning. It was just as well that we did our walk around Lake Bled and drive to Lake Bohanij yesterday while it was at least dry. The guy who showed us our apartment on Saturday had said that it was predicted to be only 10C today and he was not far out.A quick look at the day encouraged us to stay in bed and watch TV.Of the places we have stayed in Eastern Europe this apartment has the best selection of cable channels in English to watch.Some places we have stayed there have been absolutely nothing in English available and we ... read more