Bled, Slovenia

What we did:
- Woke up at 8:30 and walked to grab breakfast down by the harbour to savor our last snippet of ocean. Rijeka in the light is a cool very liveable town!
- Aaaaand after that things went downhill a bit. We were due for a day where we botched and here we had it. The plan was to drive 3 hours to Triglav national park in Slovenia and do a gorgeous 4-5 hr hike.
- Breakfast ran long then we got an urgent notification on our car to increase the “AdBlue” which they use to reduce the emissions on our diesel car and obviously required frantic googling and a gas station stop with help from a fortunately very nice Croatian man. Turns out it’s not harder than refilling windshield wiper solution. We then had to stop for a special Slovenia toll pass and then hit 1-2 hours of parked traffic around the capital.
- All in all we didn’t make it to Lake Bled until 2ish and had to settle with not doing the big hike. Definitely bummed but hey we were due. Sleeping in was our choice
- We checked into our hostel and probably safe to say Slovenia has nicer jail facilities. But hey with clean sheets and only small spiders it was still better than Daniel’s place in Interlaken 🖕
- We did a small hike of “Vintgar Gorge” (a top hike to do) that was nice! Good little salvage of the day as we walked the canyon trail of blue water. A bit overhyped but good to get moving after the long drive
- Walked over to the beautiful Lake Bled and called Sally to catchup! Great views of the famous island while we watched the sun set and planned for our upcoming trip! Definitely starting to feel like fall here!
- Capped the night with a traditional Slovenian restaurant. Trent was so pumped to order his 1st steak of the trip….which came out almost blue.. the waiter never came back and Trent was too nervous about being rude in their culture to say anything. A bit of an awkward billpay when the nice waiter saw the uneaten steak. Trent grabbed a burger next door and we passed out early - not our day but still better than a day at home working!

Where we ate:
- Breakfast at “GRAD Eat drink and mingle”. Trent had a Salmon poached egg sammy and Steph had an omelet.
- Lunch sandwiches from a market by Lake Bled
- Classic Slovenian dinner on the patio at Osterija Bobi Zob. Delicious local red wine, Steph had lamb/dumpling stew and Trent ordered the aforementioned uncooked steak. Good layered cake for desert. Trent grabbed an amazing burger at “Mega Burger Bled” so didn’t go to sleep hungry

Fun facts:
- We went on our first date 5 years ago from today! Beers at corridor brewery - fond memories of being the last people in the bar and the workers having to ask us to leave. Now as we know Trent didn’t ask Steph to officially be “boyfriend and girlfriend” for another 7 months as he didn’t realize a formal convo was needed. So we sort of have two anniversaries now
- Triglav national park is 4% of Slovenia as it’s the only national park in the countryRead more