Between Water and Mountains

We woke up early and made ourselves one of the amazing coffees with our Nespresso coffee machine again. We ate our Strudls with cinnamon, chocolate and coco inside, sipped our coffee and started our day with looking at the map. What could we do today? We decided to drive to the west and see how much of the Triglavska Nationalpark and surroundings we could see today. Our first stop was Bohinj with its crystal clear lake and lushius green grass. We took our shoes and socks off to feel the coolness of the water which brought immense relief from the sweatening sun. I kindly put Aluna in the water as well, as she was panting like crazy. She really dislikes water and swimming but I think she understood that it was helping her cool down, so she was OK with it. After walking a bit more around the lake, soaking in the calmness of Alp vibes that everything around us was giving us, our park ticket was overdue and we went back to drive to our next stop: Savica Waterfall. On the way there, a middle-aged man tried to hitchhike, so I stopped and asked him if we should take him with us. He was lucky, the way would have been over 3km long, in the cold shadows but still up the hill. His name was Marian, he was from Slovakia and a train switchman. He was visiting Slovenia for 4 days and was on the way to Savica Waterfall now, just like us. Great! We parked at the foot of the mountain, got ourselves some ice cream and started the many steps up up the hill. It was super hot, but because of all the trees it was doable. Marian was always behind us and was panting as much as we did. But the steep climb was worth it, looking at the A-shaped waterfall and the stunning surroundings of the naked mountains reaching high in the sky and the blue lake that was shimmering in the distance. After we had enough, we made our way back and said goodbye to Marian. He was super kind and gave us a Slovakian flag, some magnets and his contact details. "Visit me and stay for free in my vacant room whenever you'll visit Slavokia", he offered generously. Thank you Marian!
We couldn't take him with us anymore as he planned another route than we did. We wanted to see the Pokljuka plateau. After driving always up the mountain on rather good roads, my GPS said we had to change for a very much dirt road looking one. I shrugged, turned and found myself on a 5km long drive over sticks and stones, always on the brink of sliding down the mountain. When we couldn't find anything really after another 5km, we decided it to be enough. My poor car!
So, at the next possible spot, I turned around and tried to get to the good road as quick as possible. When we finally were on asphalt again, it felt like heaven to our butts.
We took no more risks driving back to Bled, so we arrived healthy and timely for dinner. The earrings were still in my head, so we decided to go towards Bled city and the open-markets. If the man with the earrings was still there, I would definitely buy them now. And he was! Now, I guess I have to get some ear holes.
For dinner, we settled down at Spica and got some great pizza and for dessert the famous Bled cream cake that reminded me of the cream cake my Mum sometimes does. Slovenia and Poland are similar in many ways.
After some good waiters jokes and another high bill, we made our way back to our accommodation for the last night there.Read more