Still well below freezing, we decided to wait for the 11:00 bus to Lake Bled.  (I cannot believe this is me going out when it’s in the low 40°s, but I try to walk super fast and warm up). Got to the bus station at about 10:45 and that bus was sold out.  So we found a sunny spot in the square across the street and waited.  The 11:30 bus ride took a little more than an hour and would have been pleasant except for the loud awful radio station the driver was playing.  I just put in my earbuds and listened to my book.

The bus let us off very close to the lake and we walked down to the shore.  There was a small group loudly protesting something down there so we were a bit put off—and hungry.  We went back up the street and had lunch in a nice place, “Art Cafe” where I had a great salad and Ken a local sausage with potatoes.  Of course we had to try the Kremšnite, the Lake Bled custard and cream filled cake, which our food tour guide had told us about: It was really delicious!

Suitably fortified, we finally went down to the lakeshore and had a great walk. There were plenty of people there, Easter weekend and all. We heard lot of languages and a lot of heavily accented English, too. Only one group of obvious Americans passed by us. Trees and views of the lake sustained us. Lake Bled contain the only island in Slovenia! Here are some shots I got:

Back in Ljubljana, we realize it was Friday, when they have “Open Kitchen” which we could not miss! So, we had a little rest and headed over there (where the market was) for the event. There were rows of stalls with food from all over the world being cooked–huge woks, bar b que stations, friers, grills it was a happening place. I saw the stall for Abi Falafel which my friend Shannon (thank you) had said was essential, so I got us a big platter of various treats from them. It was so good! If you buy a drink from the bars on the side, you can bring your food to their tables, so we did. I loved just sitting there with my glass of Malvasia and the great energy of so many food focused, smiling folks, while Ken roved around checking out the many, many stalls. Here was my view:

It really started to get cold, so we didn’t linger very long. We had a short walk home. The town is really filling up with people. Don’t know if just all the locals were out or they are tourists visiting for Easter weekend.

Another great travel day in the books.

PS– Our great friend Kevin told me the comments haven’t been posting. I think it’s fixed now. I really love reading the comments but I don’t answer them because this takes long enough each day as it is. But if you’ve been commenting–thanks!