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Bled Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bled, Slovenia
Bled in the rain
... in the rain, or not at all. Donned our wet weather gear and headed over into Bled. Bled is a little area around a lake (Lake Bled), which has a lovely little tear shaped island in the middle, with a church, and a quite famous set of steps which lead up ...
Dolomites to Austria to Slovenia
... a great job getting us up and over the huge pass, chugging along in 1st gear at 20kph, and we crossed the border into Slovenia! 3 countries in one day - not sure that we’ll beat that record! The fields in Slovenia were lovely and green with tall ...
Bled: Part I
... and trading funny travel stories. Theirs mostly involved the trials and tribulations of driving a rental car through Slovenia, where the road signs are apparently pretty scarce and sometimes downright wrong...not to mention in Slovenian. ...
Bled: Part II
After what seems like weeks of rain (though really only 5 days), I finally awoke to blue skies and sun today, which literally made me leap out of bed, throw on my clothes, grab my camera, and head out to the door to snap some pictures of the visible ...
Bit of Nature Up Me...
... bit sick though so they all went to the doctor, thank you reciprocal Medicare agreement, it cost about $1 to go to the doctor in Slovenia and about $3 for a full round of antibiotics... Loose as. The first day we didn't do a great deal. We went for a walk ...
Following the footsteps of Caesar and Hemingway
Being a mountain lover, it didn't take me long to go to the NW part of Slovenia, where there was a lot of mountain and history. This part of the Alps is called Julian Alps because Caesar has crossed it (hmm... Britain, Gaul, the Balkans, and Egypt...this ...
Welcome to Bled
... this time around, on the way out of Bled up to the highest part on the way back into Italy. That's right, the way to Bled actually took you back into Italy for a fair while and then back in again, when we bought the vignette. Used it for ...
Sunny Slovenia - yay!
... the only people up there. We couldn't believe such a stunning place could go unnoticed by so many and were thankful we'd made the effort to get off the beaten track a little. Unfotunately that afternoon we had to leave Bled to get back to Ljubljana ...
The beautiful town of Bled
After a slow start to the day we bought some tickets to visit Bled, about an hour Northwest of Ljubljana and back the way we came yesterday along the valley floor, snow-capped mountains occasionally visible through the forest lining the highway. There are ...
Vintgar Gorge
... walked along the pathways built into the rock and crossed over waterfalls, I was again astounded by the beauty of nature in Slovenia. We chatted some about Rok and Jasna’s bullshitting, and her brother’s girlfriend told me that they’d ...
Zagreb to Ljubljana
... ." I walked around Zagreb for a couple of hours, taking pictures of buildings and missing the coast. I’m heading to Lake Bled in Slovenia and looking forward to being back in nature. I don’t really care all that much about old buildings and ...
Hiking in Slovenia
... about the prank they’d pulled on me the previous night, and then it also came out that the radioactive fish in Bled were also bullshit (shoulda known). I’d really have to watch myself around those two! We hiked through the forest up the ...
Hiking in Drazgoce
... in the background. I was amazed at the number of people old and young, who hike miles to see the event. There were also many tour buses that cautiously navigated the narrow winding roads. The president of Slovenia was also present. ...
Skojan Caves
... girlfriend promised to take me to a nearby gorge the next day for another hike. Rok and Jasna settled into bed to watch "Slovenia’s Got Talent" and I joined them for a few minutes before heading to bed myself. I went to brush my teeth and ...
This is what a summer holiday should be...
... railing tacked to side of the gorge along with lots of other tourists. We were so enthused we promptly went for a walk around Lake Bled, and swam to the little island with a monastery on it. Whilst we were there, a wedding party arrived by boat! They ...
Beautiful Lake Bled
It's a nice warm day today as we leave Vienna for Lake Bled in Slovenia. We meet our Tour Director Tadeusz Suski and we have 51 people on tour, mostly Aussies but about 8 from South Africa, some from the US, Canada, Phillipines, India and 1 from New ...
Sightseeing from Lake Bled
A bit cloudy today as we depart for the "Alpine Jewels" optional tour with a local guide, after a 30 minute drive we arrive at a cable car at Vogel ski resort and go to the top of the mountain for a view over the lake. Later we stopped by Lake ...
32. I want to ride my bicycle....
... of water and the course nearly to ourselves. And of course, the setting was just stunning. We finished off our trip to Slovenia with a short trip to Ljublijana, which is attractive, but falls a bit short after Bled's Lake and Castle. I liked ...
Slovenia - another country,another T-shirt!
... and potatoes or fish and potatoes, which is very nice as I happen to love potatoes. On the way here we stopped at Slovenia's number 1 tourist attraction..the caves at Postojna. We spent about an hour looking over the huge caves with giant 'drip rocks' ...
From Bled to Bovec
... Had some last minute decision making between bus train etc but just thought F-it and did both. Train then bus ride later arrived in Bled, trekked 40 minutes to the campsite - testing out those backpack skills. The site was amazing - 5 star no less - and ...
Relaxing in Bled
... with Ajvar (pron Aye-var) which is a capsicum spread/sauce. If I wasn't so full from dinner it would have been round 2 for the evening. Anyway it's our last day in Bled and possibly Slovenia. Graham and I are just figuring out what to do with our ...
Day Twenty-One
... King in the war against the Austrian Emperor. When his friend was beheaded, Ezrem took to annihilating the caravans passing through Slovenia as revenge for the King's death. Ultimately, he was tracked down and slain, but the castle itself is indicative ...
No Mount Triglav but water sports instead
... be willing to hire equipment to us, but noone was. We walked the rest of the way around the lake including a climb up to Bled Castle. The Rowing World Cup was scheduled to be held on Bled on Thursday so there were lots of rowing teams jogging around the ...
Day 14
... was getting compliments all day. Jasmine regretted not bringing a poncho. We finally got home to shower and now we think we have trench foot. Despite this we have loved Slovenia so much we don't want to leave!!! Off to Zagreb tomorrow for some more ...
And the rain comes
Quick bus journey to Bled - walked to our accomodation, in a kind of old mansion just up from the lake that Bled is famous for. On the way we passed by the castle on a cliff and could see the church on an island. This is all there really is to ...
Blood pumping Bled
... with a local family like we do then you can really experience life in the beautiful valley.In the midde of Lake Bled is the only natural island in Slovenia on which sits the 15th century church of Mary of the Assumption. To reach the island you have to ...
Venice to Lake Bled, Slovenia
I asked Michael to write for the blog for our first 2 days in Bled, and the following was what I received (minus the censored parts) "Very comfortable and uneventful drive with our taxi service. Journey 3.5 hour drive. Had lunch Settled into our spacious ...
Jul 14, 2011
Bled
... the snow but also little verandas taking advantage of whatever weather conditions prevail. Slovenia, or the small part of it that we saw, was one of the most peaceful, friendly and green parts of Europe ...