Lake Bled

After lunch we did some chores then headed for a camping spot in Lake Bled. Now we were having a relaxing day (though I don’t know how well we did that as we still walked a bunch), and we are going up be coming back here next week to really explore so we didn’t see all the things here. We walked from where we parked into town and spied on a few restaurants and then were going to just relax by the lake until diner (and maybe swim as it was really hot in the sun!). Well…The lake front is lots of grassy areas that you are not allowed on, very few benches or places to sit, and no swimming! No sitting on the waterfront! We looked and there is a beach farther around the lake, but the main area it is like you cannot hang out there which is so strange!

So then we looked for a restaurant with a view to get a drink and relax…and there are very few restaurants with a view of the lake! It was like they really don’t want people to spend any time on the lakefront! So so strange! We did eventually find a bench in a park in the shade and read there for a bit (near a small craft market), and then I did wander farther around the lake after awhile and found one of the few places that is on the waterfront and we stopped there to get some drinks and that was much nicer. I had a strawberry peach lemonade (I tried it cause it said it had peach and strawberry purée in so it couldn’t just be bad lemon water and it was not! It was good. Still not sweet at all, but tasty. Raymond had a small beer which we were joking how big is the big one?!?).

We hung out there with our drinks until dinnertime since it was pretty nice. Right on the lake and they had a lady singing songs accompanied by a guy on the guitar which was nice. We also watched some rowers rowing back and forth training.

Then we went by this Thai place for diner, but they only had inside seating available so we got it to go and got really lucky finding a free bench on the waterfront (after we got it I was like oh…now we need to find somewhere to sit and eat…) and it was so good. We had pad see ew and green curry. The curry was so so good, the noodles were good too but not as good as the curry. But still it was like real Thai food which was nice. Would definitely go back and try some other things!

After dinner we sat and watched for the sunset, but there wasn’t much color as there weren’t any clouds or anything. Then a quick stop at this Vegan place that had Bled Cream Cake for dessert and oh that was amazing. Hard to eat without making a giant mess, but delicious! We will definitely be going back to get another piece when we come back! It was like a crispy puff pastry top (which is why it made a mess - everything under it was soft so it was hard to cut a piece without everything getting smashed out) with a light whipped cream layer and a custard layer with the same puff pastry on bottom. Very light, but very tasty! And obviously based on the name a local treat!

Overall today was a good day even if it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it would be. And they don’t want you to enjoy the lakefront here in Bled. I still cannot get over that! Tomorrow we head back into the mountains which should be nice! Going to be hot again, but at least it is cooling off at night now!Read more