Euro Day 24 - Hello Slovenia!

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Today we packed up our stuff and travelled a little way up the road to a town called Slunj, renown for having houses built right over waterfalls.  When we looked at the information centre map it also showed a longish hike with swimming holes, natural springs and a cave, so we decided to do that first. (well Jon and I did, the kids never supported this plan). Unfortunately the 8k walk turned out to be a bit of a dud. It was nice enough but really just up the bank of a river for a while. The swimming spots looked okaay,  but not that enticing. 

Back in town we wandered around the regular tourist paths - the waterfalls were really pretty

Then we headed onwards to Slovenia. We didn't have any trouble at the border this time (we made sure we crossed on a major highway), and before too long we were driving the relaxed highways of Slovenia.  I've noticed that the driving in Croatia and Slovenia seems a lot more like driving at home for some reason - slightly wider roads and less lanes maybe.  We stopped at another salubrious lunch spot:

As we were going so close we decided to divert to Ljubiana to check out the Slovenia's capital. It was a really pretty and relaxed city - we really liked it for the 1 hour we visited it!

Then onwards to Bled where we arrived just in time to put on a huge load of washing and go out for pizza near the lovely lake. It it really pretty but does seem a bit Noosa-ish - i.e pretty busy with holiday makers and packed full of  holiday activities.

We're looking forward to exploring it some more tomorrow.