The agenda for today was to take public transport to Bled and explore. Bled offers the only lake in Slovenia, nestled beneath high Julian Alps and forested trails. The lake has a made-for-tourism tiny island with church on it and a castle overlooking the scene perched atop a rocky cliff.
We chose first to walk to nearby Vintgar Gorge. This was a unique walk through a high-walled gorge with a mix of wooden cross bridges and cliff-side trails with crisp blue water flowing beneath, deep pools filled with fish and a cool forest shade. Three hours of walk through the gorge and countryside and we sat our weary bones down at a local pub
for some Slovenian fare.
In the afternoon we walked around the lake choosing to pass on the opporunity to take a gondola to the island. Instead we hiked a very steep hill to gain the picture-postcard view of the entire vista that Lake Bled offered. Very happy with the result but drained after a total of 15 kilometres of leg work we could make it no further than the local "Irish" pub where we caught the bus back to Ljubljana where we quickly sunk two pint bottles of Bulmers. We caught the bus back to the city and stuffed ourselves with Mexican food.
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