Savica Hotel Bled

... gorge has been carved out over years from the river fall (which was dammed at the end) and they've built a 1600m wooden walkway through the gorge, crossing the river a couple of times. The temperature was probably 10C cooler in the gorge and at times the sound of the rushing water was deafening, but it was so serence and peaceful and again I couldn't get over the colour of the water...

... in a resort village. I tried the sardines (much smaller than expected and fried whole. Must ignore eyes. Must ignore eyes.) and Lachlan had an enormous calzon. Further up the coast were scores of massive painted-concrete houses built out from the hillside, all flash over style.<br><br>After negotiating Rijeka in the heat and our full biking gear we headed back inland toward Slovenia. On the Croatian side it's a nice, new tollway. Then ...

... visit, which was a nice surprise.  We took the rest of the day off from the sights, as we wanted to have that hike fresh on our minds. For our last day in Bled we headed up to Bled Castle.  The skies were very ominous but we hiked up the hill anyway.  The castle itself dates back to 1004.  It now houses a cafe, restaurant, souvenir shop, and museum.  All of it is a little underwhelming.  It is nice enough, but trying not to sound like museum snobs, the museum ...

... threw in the bin - fine right??!! It wasn't until Paul went to Madge the next day, &amp; realised I'd switched the wrong keys, he'd thrown the new one in the bin &amp; the bins had been emptied - oops, back to square one!!! It gets better later - this bike is seriously jinxed! It was time for our canyoning &amp; rafting now, which I was excited about if not a little apprehensive! It was an early start for the four of us, &amp; we'd had a bit of a late night, as ...

We had a slight tour change which gave us a full day in Bled and I was very pleased as I wanted to visit the church on an island in the middle of Lake Bled. We had a tour around the town and then onto Bled Castle. Great views over Bled and the lake from the castle which is on a hilltop. It was raining which was a shame as the photos don't do the place justice. The lake is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps. A group of us decided to go to the island ...

... There was also a wedding going on which was cool to see. After this we went shopping and I finally found some pink converse, which I've been looking for since being in Europe. Everything was so much cheaper in this country. I wish I could have shopped for longer. After shopping we headed back to Celje. On our way we stopped at a restaurant that has the best donuts in Slovenia. It also had a beautiful view. We went back to ...

... it was wikked... half liter beers here were only 1.5 Euro!! we were having such a good time, that i lost track of time and almost missed my nite train to Marseille!! i left in damn near a run back to my hostel, which was a good half hour outta the old town... so i get there, and i had told the staff that i left my stuff in the cabinet in the room i had been staying in and to leave the door unlocked for me.... well, i get in and the door is ...

Mark has handed over the reigns again. He is busy brushing up on traffic laws of Europe, so I'll fill you in on our last couple of weeks. We haven't had much time to get to the internet following intensive research into the Croatian coast. The resounding conclusion being that it is absolutely stunning. We actually had a hard time tearing ourselves away from one place near Split, especially since the campsite owner said we could stay till Christmas if we liked! The further south ...

... our cabin was detached from the locomotive and then reconnected with another one. We headed off in a bit of a different direction and then we went through a tunnel that was soooo long. I would say we were in the tunnel for 10 - 15 minutes. We emerged from the tunnel and Jim said "Wow, we are obviously in a different country than Austria, it looks dumpy" I told him that I couldn't afford to take him to a wealthy country...only a ...

... best town to visit in the Province of Istria in Croatia, but again it just looked like another small fishing village .... We think out senses are getting dulled as we have just seen so much! We enjoyed our walk through the town but then we decided to keep driving into Slovenia... not before stopping at a Croatian shopping centre to spend the rest of our Croatian money. Well the border control in Slovenia is probably the toughest we have been through, they also wanted to know what ...