Lake Bled

There was a train strike the day we were travelling to Bled. After a huge amount of confusement we got on a coach and started our journey. The views were incredible as we travelled through the Alps and we both got very annoyed at the other people on the coach who weren't appreciating the amazing views. We had a change, where we had to catch a train …

On day 12 (second last day of this tour), we travel by train from Budapest back thro' Vienna to Bled (approx. 9hrs), situated on the stunning Lake Bled at the edge of the Julian Alps in Slovenia.

There are many outdoor activities to get the blood pumping in Bled - rafting, caving, canoeing, swimming, rowing, hiking, to name a few - or …

... 150 km/h in the opposite direction, then the roadblock was removed and we were allowed to continue on our way. As it was Sunday Lake Bled was packed with holidaymakers and day trippers. The campground on the lake was crazy so we decided to stay in the ...

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Hi everybody! For the last few days of vacation we ended where we had expected to begin...at Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj in Slovenia.  The fall colors were beautiful and the lakes are especially peaceful because motor boats are not allowed on ...

... loads of money I'm not so sure about it, though Billy - I'm willing to wait around for you! Lots of duckies swim around Lake Bled, something to do with tourists and hotels throwing them scraps is my guess and so when I pulled out a donut those ...

... good so far with staying out of the sun, no burnage at all, thank you. I spent the rest of the afternoon back at the lake, chilling with an ice-cream, and even saw a wedding party coming back from the little church on the island in a gondola.  ...

... of Slovenia's rich and famous (and the obligatory backpackers). We spent a few days walking around the lake and exploring the hills behind Lake Bled and the Castle and couldn't have felt any more alive if we tried. The heat had also been turned up a ...

... . In all, the drive from Salzburg took about 2.5 hours. I think the drive cost us about 25 euros in tolls. When going into Slovenia, one of the immigration officers let us know that he was not Pro-United States and tried to scare us a bit. It had ...

Lake Bled is not far from Ljubljana, but our bus got stuck in traffic so we had plenty of time to admire the road works! Considering that Bled is a small town, we spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to find Pension Berc.  We had the ...

... I turned around, went back down the steps and jumped back in the lake. Teach me for being a tight arse. The downside to Lake Bled's attractiveness is that it is extremely tourist orientated. It didn't bother us to much at first but the huge number of ...

Off to Bled, and Lake Bled, which is in the north west of Slovenia and in the Julian Alps, which are actually named after Julius Ceasar.  I hopped on the bus for the one and a half hour journey which took us through some great Slovenian scenery, ...