We spent the next two days exploring a bit further afield from Lake Bled. One day we went to Lake Bohinj, Lake Bled's larger cousin and spent the rest of the day in the quaint village of Radovljica. The next day we decided to hit the massive caves at Skocjan, and then spent the afternoon in Italy!
Arriving at Lake Bohinj we took the cable car up to the top of Vogel Mountain for spectacular views. And it was pretty spectacular!
What would cliffside vistas be without some foolish looking shenanigans?
More magnificent displays from our group's resident gymnast.
After a day on the mountain top at Lake Bohinj, we visited charming little Radovlica. It takes maybe 5 minutes to stroll this bite-sized charmer, and that was about the right amount on this hot Slovenian day. The unexpected highlight here was the wonderful little beekeeping museum. Unbeknownst to us, Slovenia has a long, proud beekeeping heritage. Slovenians hold beekeeping in high regard. It is interesting to note the Slovenians have two different words for birth and death, one they use only for humans and bees, and another for everything else.
On day 5 we headed do the Karst region to visit Slovenia's most impressive caves at Skocjan. Also among some of the most impressive caves of the world, a visit to Skocjan includes two miles of walking over 400 steps through some of the most varied and vast caverns. It was too dark for good hand held photography, but I did my level best!
Skocjan is incredibly only 25 minutes to the majestic, Italian port city of Trieste. So when you're less than 30 minutes from Italy and you're ready for lunch, what else would you do? We spent just 5 hours in Italy that afternoon, eating pasta, stuffing our faces with gelato after gelato (three per person to be exact) and wandering the city sights. It was really a perfect afternoon in Italy. I'm amazed still at how varied the continent of Europe can be. All these tiny (relatively) countries smashed together, and yet crossing from one border into the next means much more than just a language change. I love Europe.
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