Hotel Krim Bled

... wish. We have photographic evidence that we did indeed ring the bell. You cannot possibly tell time by the bells on this island. You also see people rowing to the island, and, we are told, swimming to it -- there are signs that make it quite clear that bikinis are forbidden in the church. After a rather forgettable lunch we stormed the castle by climbing a footpath through some woods behind the town's youth hostel. Beautiful views of the lake again, and of ...

... bottoms, squealing with delight each time their dad threw them or they went for a red ball he would throw out for them. <br><br>When we got back to the hostel we changed out of our wet bathing suits and then took the car out for another adventure on a nearby lake that Miriam had told us about. But first, I wanted to hike to a lookout point on the other ...

... rubber handle bars that rubbed my hands so raw that I thought they would blister. I also hate the rock hard seats that are obviously not contoured to fit anyone's actual bottom. Who was the idiot who suggested renting bikes?! We got to the gorge only to discover that it cost a whopping &euro;4 each to venture inside. We decided that was too much so sat down to write our postcards instead. The man from inside the ticket booth came out after a ...

... a valley so it wouldn't be too steep for Bruce but the only road back was a mountain pass and the more we went on the road signs warned us to have our chains on, that trucks were not permitted on these roads nor were any vehicles with a trailor. Up and up we went winding around the mountain until holy smokes the road turned into a 18% gradient we had the pedal to the metal but Bruce was barley going anywhere. It was so scary we didnt know how much ...

... side. Last year I traveled to Slovenija with my friends Cecile, Kellie, Sangeeta, and Blaz. Unfortunately Mike was not able to see this country last year so I was very excited to travel here with him this year. After a 12 hour day of train travel (4 train changes) from Budapest, we arrived in Ljubljana (capital of Slovenija) and were greeted by the warm, friendly face of Heli Drolc - so comforting. For this part of our trip we are actually staying with ...

... We met Marjorie at the stage door entrance after the performance and then went to dinner with her and her husband Stefan. After dinner at a Slovene restaurant we walked with them down to a café by the river for hot drinks. Stephne is becoming enamored with the thick dark hot chocolate here and I am becoming a regular consumer of the national drink, borovnice - warm ...

... beer and wine were so cheap, they had good food, and it was super clean. 2) If you've been traveling around and are craving something different from pizza, pasta, and pastries, definitely try out the Mexican restaurant in town. I am already forgetting the name of it but it's right across from the Cutty Sark pub, close to the main square. As an added bonus, you will be dining with hardly any other tourists - I am pretty sure we were the only non-locals there. He says: Only a few more days!

... seemed to make it better. At the other end I walked through the forest and then 2 other villages on the way back to Bled. Since everyone else from the group I came with had left this morning, I had no friends tonight. So I had dinner at the hostel (pasta with gorgonzola sauce) with my new British buddies from last night. Had a couple pints and then went to bed when they went into town. I think it was only about 9 but I was out like a light. I guess I must of need a catch up on sleep!

Rain was falling again when we woke up this morning but we figured that we wouldn't let that deter us too much so we got ourselves ready, dressed warmly and headed out. It was much colder this morning - with a little wind. We walked down towards the market area and since we didn't have breakfast we figured that an early lunch would be good. We went to a tavern that we had seen in previous days and it was full due to the damp weather. Jim ...

... found the gas (Plin in Croatian) company that would fill our German gas bottles. Then it was back to Split to explore the town. We were excited to find a market in the middle of town and proceeded to buy some items and a gift for Will and some nuts (pistachios are so cheap here!!). Well the old town of Split was again very gorgeous and very clean as most of Croatia is. Then it was off to try and find the camp site before dark but that did not happen and we ended up driving around in ...