Slovenian Trip 2008 - Day Three - Lake Bled

In the next morning, we packed everything into the bus again and left for Bled. The majority of our group continued to Bohinj, where they wanted to go up with a 'lift to the 1,500 m high Vogelberg.. Mum and I chose to stay in bled and go to a small isle in the middle of the lgacial lake,w here a little pilgrim church - originally the seat of a Slavic fertility goddess - could be visited. We went by plenta, which is similar to a Venetian vaporetto, only with a "roof" above it. It was very interesting, and the sight truly breat-taking.

The others returned very soon - we were still drinking our coffe in a café on the lakeshore - they couldn't go up the mountain because the 'lift was still closed. So they went to the isle, too, while Mum and I watched the ducks and the swans on the lake.

I'll discuss Bled Castle in a different entry, again, because of the amount of pic material. Lake Bled picspam is behind the tag.

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Picspam - Bled Castle

After the fun on the lake, we visited Bled Castle. The path was very steep, so Mum turned back soon, and I took lots of photos to give her an idea about the place.

We slept in Bohinj, in the Hotel Zlatorog, a nice ski hotel.
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