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Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 01:48 PM
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The next day was our last in Bled. We still...

The next day was our last in Bled. We still hadn’t got round to the iconic boattrip to the famous island, but today was not our day either as it was pouring with rain. I took the bus to the nearby...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 01:44 PM
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On Sunday we had another coach outing, to the...

On Sunday we had another coach outing, to the horse stud at Lipica (pronounced Lipitza), followed by a visit to the seaside resort of Piran. The horses are the Lipizzaner breed, the same white ones...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 01:42 PM
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Thursday we did another coach trip. We had been...

Thursday we did another coach trip. We had been happy with M Tours, so we stuck with them for the outing to the Postojna caves and Predjama Castle. The castle was great, a onetime robber baron’s...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 01:38 PM
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The next day we transferred to Bled and settled...

The next day we transferred to Bled and settled in at the Grand Hotel Toplice on the waterfront. This was an entirely different kind of hotel – older, bigger and posher. The building itself was not...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 01:31 PM
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Posted By Nonconformist

Tuesday, our last full day in Bohinj, my parents...

Tuesday, our last full day in Bohinj, my parents and I split up. They wanted to try the south shore of the lake again, and see if they could get all the way to the ferry. I took the local bus to...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 12:08 PM
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Posted By Nonconformist

On Sunday we returned to Stara Fuzina, where the...

On Sunday we returned to Stara Fuzina, where the attraction was a small museum of the valley’s dairying past. This was more modestly interesting than Studor, but the village was quite attractive to...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 12:04 PM
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Posted By Nonconformist

Rather than walking along the road for the return...

Rather than walking along the road for the return trip, we took a recently constructed cycle route which ran along the little river which flowed into Lake Bohinj. Unfortunately, before we got to...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 08:51 AM
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Posted By Nonconformist

Saturday the plan was to walk to two of the...

Saturday the plan was to walk to two of the villages in the valley, where there were small museums. At the time we were there, very early in June, these little museums were open only 10-12 and 2-4...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 08:33 AM
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Posted By Nonconformist

The first day (a Thursday) we did a gentle walk...

The first day (a Thursday) we did a gentle walk along the north side of the lake, along the roadway, and took the ferry back. Close to Ribcev Laz was a rather charming little statue of a chamois...
Forum: Europe
Jun 11th, 2016, 07:52 AM
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Posted By Nonconformist

Sun and rain in Slovenia: Bohinj and Bled trip report

We took this trip last June. Sorry to be so late finishing it off. We spent one week at Lake Bohinj (pronounced something like Bokhin) and one week at Lake Bled; no car. Previous readers may be...
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