Lake Bled, Slovenia

I won’t go into detail about the trip from the bus station to the pension – because as a result of my mom and dad not listening to instructions and following wrong signs, we added about another 12 miles on our journey.  Ok, not really 12 miles, but we went out of the way, and did not take the most direct route to our accommodation.  When we got there, it ended up being a really nice place- probably the nicest place I have stayed at in a LONG time.  My mom picked well.  We unloaded our stuff and immediately mom tried the internet.  It worked, so life was good – and we headed out to see the lake and the countryside.  Bled is an amazing town that is surrounded by the Julian Alps.  It is breathtaking to see the beautiful lake with the mountains in the background.  There are no motorized vehicles allowed on the lake, so it has managed to be preserved quite well.  There is a particular atmosphere about the lake that is tranquil and to the many who travel there annually, healing.  We had a nice lunch right on the lake, and wandered up to the church on the lakeside.  We had an early evening and prepared for what would be a busy day.