After finally settling in and getting used to having warm weather, Slovenia has gone and changed up on us. During the night it began to rain, and to thunder, and when we got up this morning it had turned very cold. It's still raining now, which is going to make today a bit of a nothing day I think, touristing in the rain just isn't much fun. The rain this morning wasn't great either, as reception here doesn't open till 8, which means the kitchen and the common room doesn't open till 8. It's been a little annoying before now, but we managed to work around it after day one by just taking a bowl and spoon the night before from the kitchen, and storing the milk in the fridge in our room, which we eventully decided did actually work. So with the things we need for breakfast around, we could just sit outside our room on the window ledge. Not the best, but fine. Not so much fun this morning, it was at least dry, but it was still very cold. Two of our room mates are yet to get up so we can't head back to the room, but at least the common room is open now.
We did manage to make it to Bled yesterday. Doing it by train meant catching an international train - on its way to Frankfurt - and getting off at Lesce-Bled, which is actually in the next town. We then jumped on a bus to take us to Bled, a bus which had actually come from Ljubljana. Once in Bled we had rather a lazy day. We walked around the lake, which according to the guide book takes around 2 hours, but we dragged it out to 3 and a half by including plenty of stops to enjoy the view, plus Sophie managed a short swim, and lunch of course. Bled was gorgeous. Part of me did think at times that it wasn't quite as astonishing for me as it as for the people that had recommended it to us as we have plenty of similar and beautiful scenery in NZ. However the monastry on the island in the middle of the lake, and the castle at the top of the hill over looing the lake did make it special. The lake was an enchanting colour as well, it was very transparent still, but looked almost like someone had upset a bottle of blue ink into it. I'll try and get photos up sometime soon.
We walked up to the castle, but by this time it was getting on a bit so we didn't go in, instead just having a look at the view and wandering down to have a look at the markets and allow me to fritter away some more money on pretty things. We didn't time the bus back right so we ended up having to wait for an hour at the train station, but there was a bar open just across the road, so we managed to get a glass of wine, and I finally tried the cockta drink that I've seen every where. The train back was on its way to Zagreb, but we got off at Ljubljana anyway, and stopped by the falafel/kebab place that we went to yesterday. Just as good the second time around.
So today will probably be a bit of a wasted day. You can't avoid having a few of those. We head back to Vienna tomorrow. We managed to find another hostel so we loose our deposit but we still save a bit of money, and I got to send them an email 'we found other accomodation please cancel our booking'. Stupid westend hostel. 9 days till we leave for Ireland, and we still have Vienna, Munich and Paris to get through, so we're going to be busy!
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