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Tires and Towers: Kranj and Ljubljana
... to visualize where we actually were in the city.
That night we went to a group traditional Slovenian dinner that came with entertainment. IT WAS SO FUN. Definitely something that we wouldn't have done if my teacher didnt organize it but it turned out to be such a great time. We went to a restaurant that was somewhat new but our teacher hired a folk group to come and teach us about their traditions. They did tons of dances and games ...
Island in the middle of a Lake: Bled
... we went to Bled which was amazing. From the castle you could see the entire island and the lake surrounding it. Then from the ground the castle looked so beautiful. It was such a unique and beautiful place. We walked through the castle that is now a museum and see someone use a printing press. It was cool.
I'm so glad that our study tour went here! We did a lot of outdoorsy things and it was really cool how ...
SLOVEnia
... was no small joke. It was over 2 hours on the bus, but I can honestly say it was SO SO SO worth it!The plan was to arrive in Bled, go on the lake to a tiny little island that has a church on it. Then we were meant to go to the castle of Bled and explore the town a bit. Luckily, we got to do the whole thing.When we got to Bled and arrived at the lake, our tour guide Jure (pronounced Yura) explained to us about this lake. It is protected as ...
Kranjska Gora Hike
... a bit and ended up off-roading up an old dried up river bed, scrambling and crawling over the rocks. After some time of this the excitement wore off and tiredness drew in so we went in search of the more 'walkable' path. This meant cutting through some forest thickly blaketted by leaves and coming out at another river bed, this time much wider and gentlier sloped.
So we followed this down, picking our path over stepping stones ...
Bled and Bohinj
... to turn back but then continued down in the car to the lake at Bohinj again. Here there is a stone stag overlooking the lake, which I proceeded to attempt to climb onto, however it was extremely slippy due to the rain so I ended up dangling for a while holding onto its legs.
A little soggy we decided to get cosey for the evening with a room picnic so grabbed supplies in Mercator before headed back to get warm, dry and fed :-)
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