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Lake Bled

7/4/2022

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We wake up in Bled, Slovenia, on Lake Bled, ready for a hike.
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(below)  This is not the hike.  We found ourselves with the "foreigner's parking" for the National Park hike fully occupied, so we regrouped and went off to find bee-hives.  The hike will have to wait.

Some bee guy in Slovenia (Anton Janša (1734 – 1773)) invented the way human harvested bee hives around the World would forever be - a shape which allowed stacking.  They like to group multiples together here in such a way that bee hive and bee keeper are protected well from the weather.  The bees are cool tempered, so getting close isn't an issue.
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They decorate the various hives differently with the thought it helps the various colony members to find their way back to the right hive.
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Humans flying overhead while we checked out the bees.
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Image from a wall back towards our re-attempt to find parking - how moles really dig those holes in your lawn.
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Success!  We get a spot in the far parking area - it's a mile walk up to the actual entrance.  For some reason, the normal parking for us foreigners, maybe 3/8's mile from the entrance, is "broken".
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We're staying down in the lower right (Bled), so it's a short drive to the northwest, parking below the Slovenian Parking spot at the blue "P", and walking the red-line, a boardwalk down a narrow river canyon.
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Off we go - it's a bit crowded at first, but people quickly spread out for elbow room.
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Now we get to hike back mostly through wooded areas, but with views along the way.
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Mmmmm, time for Bled's special dessert:  kremma rezina (creme, vanilla custard, crust on top and below) - very good and very filling - luckily, it's time for another hike.
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We set off to walk around Lake Bled - about 4 miles around.
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With all that dessert in us, we have plenty of energy to even climb up to the castle above the lake.
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Now exiting the defended main gate - there wasn't anything significant inside, but the trip up and down was "fun".
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Down we go, back to the Lake Bled walk, continuing counter-clockwise around.
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Lake Bled rower's club - the best have represented Slovenia well.
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Left to right, flags of the European Union, Slovenia, and Bled.
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Gerri, in blue, can't resist a dip in the lake.  As usual, the beach is pebbles and stones, but at least the water is warmer than the seas we've tried.
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So many great views of this island, the only one in all of Slovenia.
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The lake walk is ending - it's been a day of many steps - over 13 miles - whew, that's half a marathon.
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Our pub view at sunset, before the last half mile to lodging.
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1 Comment
Mary
7/11/2022 06:47:21 am

Lovely!

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