So the next part of the journey was from Budapest to Ljubljana - which was a nice but brief stay. Ljubljana is not the biggest of cities, which meant that we only stayed for the night. When we left Budapest we had to go around the Lake Balaton, which took an absolute age, we eventually arrived in Zagreb and then took another train to Ljubljana, which didn't go much faster either. When we arrived in the hostel it was nearing two o’clock in the morning, however despite us booking in advance they had to give up the room, because they classified us as a ‘no show’, which meant that we had to switch hostels again. The next day we looked around Ljubljana, went to the Ljubljana Castle and just relaxed for the day.
We took an afternoon train to Bled, which was to the north of Ljubljana. My feelings on Lake Bled were mixed. On the one hand it is a beautiful glacial lake in the Julian Alps, on the other hand it is because it is so idyllic place that you paradoxically get all these tourists wanting to appreciate this place. For me, I much appreciated the smaller and much quieter Lake Bohinj. However when we took the bus up we got off to early and had to walk for an hour to get to the lake. Of course it being summer, there were going to be tourists but when you moved away from th crouds and found a nice and quiet spot, it almost felt like you had the lake to yourself. The water was cool, which was exactly what we needed, and when you went in the fish would swim around your feet. We stayed for about three or four hours, but as soon as we were about to leave a storm appeared - this was a very surreal experience. It was a hot and sunny day, but then this big grey cloud appeared, and eventually started moving closer. The wind picked up and became suprisingly strong. The rain plummeted down, along with branches from the tree. We luckily got back in time, but the storm became stronger and stronger.
We left Bled for Split in Croatia (the last stretch of our trip)...
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