Blogs from Upper Carniola, Slovenia, Europe - page 5

Bonjour à tous, Je vais reprendre, là où je vous ai lâchement abandonné hier au soir. Mais avant, un mot sur le souper au restaurant, le Gujzina, cuisine traditionnelle slovène, que m'avait conseillé, la réceptionniste, (encore un beau brin de fille). Une fois de plus je ne sais pas trop ce que j'ai mangé, genre soupe à l'oignon, avec ce que je n'ai pu définir, soit de la semoule, soit des micros-pâtes, et probablement de la crème, sauce??, malheureusement sans fromage gratiné, accompagné mais séparément, de lentilles - pommes de terre, un ramequin de champignons en sauce un curieux mélange tout ça. Bof!!!, et pour finir une boule de glace, avec un parfum qui m'était complètement inconnu, et qui va le rester. J'ai tenté d'avoir des explications auprès du serveurs, auxquelles je n'ai rien compris. Il ... read more

Day 35 : Thursday 10 October 2019 : Lake Bled to Ljubljana The transfer bus picked us up near our accommodation. We’re off to Ljubljana. It was a full mini bus, but was well worth the price. 40 minutes. We arrive and it was really raining, it’s the first time we’ve seriously been caught in the rain. Luggage and all, plus we can’t find the accommodation!! We ended up taking shelter and Graham went looking for the Airbnb. It feels like our accommodation is in the middle of nowhere. Found the place, we dump our bags with the cleaner, get some dry clothes and head back out until the Airbnb’s ready. Wow, rain’s stopped, suns out, and the little free electric town car is right outside our lovely apartment. We jumped in and headed to ‘town’ ... read more

Day 33 : Tuesday 8 October 2019 : Vintgar Gorge Off we head on foot to Vintgar Gorge, (found out later that we could have taken a shared vehicle from the bus station for a few euros each ☹). Lovely day, sun’s shining, albeit cold ? we warmed up quickly with our 5km walk there. It’s another 1.6 kms along the gorge one way. The gorge is magnificent. The boardwalks, the ravines, the falls and the crystal clear pools of water. Just lovely, but cold in the shadows. More rock throwing to be had by all. Great gorge, but time for some coffee and cake in the sun and the long walk back. By the time we get back, we need drinks ?. We stop at the Spica Bar with a nice view of the sun ... read more

Day 32 : Monday 7 October 2019 : Lake Bled Glad we bought those jackets, its very cool! Took a walk around the whole Lake and hiked up to Mala Osojnica (or maybe Ojstrica). Met a lovely Victorian couple and did the walk with them. We all got lost, but made it in the end. Great walk, bit slippery, awesome views. Next stop, rowing a Pletna boat (€20) to the island, well Graham did, Ella tried (we could’ve been a while) and then our hero rower was Kirsten. Kirsten wasn’t very good at it ? Got to the other end of the lake and was so hungry, but there wasn’t really anywhere to eat. So we upped the pace and kept on our route, all the way around, past the castle, back into town to have ... read more

We departed Kobarid in much better weather than the previous day. Our first stop on the way to Kranjska Gora was Slap (waterfall) Virje. We turned off the main road onto a small trail which drove through a golf course and then into a small town. We weren’t quite sure we were going in the right direction but eventually encountered a couple of people walking the same direction we were heading and then saw a sign pointing to a car park. From the car park it was about a five minute walk downhill before we reached the beautiful waterfall. The waterfall was quite strange as the flow splits in two just before it drops off the edge. This creates a dual waterfall with blue ponds, which are connected by shallower water, at the base of each. ... read more