My travelling companion and I arrived on the shore of Lake Bled near the Castle Baths in mid-afternoon with plenty of time, we thought, to visit the church and ring the bell. Unless you swim, the only way of getting to the island is by gondola, which normally holds around 16 people. Gondoliers ferry peopleContinue reading “Lake Bled – 2”
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Lake Bled – 1
Visit the only real island in Slovenia,” said the tourist information brochure, “and ring the wishing bell in the church”. Like kissing the Blarney Stone in Ireland, it sounded very touristy, but was something that a visitor just has to do. The island in question, Blejski Otok, is in Lake Bled. The forested slopes aroundContinue reading “Lake Bled – 1”
Plitvice Lakes – 3
Extract from Julian’s Journeys Having arrived at Boat Landing 2, we caught the boat across Lake Kozjak. It was lunchtime so we investigated some stalls that were set out around Boat Landing 3, where local women sell a mild yellow home-made cheese called “Skripavac”, in kilogram chunks, though you can have a quarter or halfContinue reading “Plitvice Lakes – 3”
Macedonia
Travelling into Skopje, from Alexander the Great airport, I was expecting to see refugees walking along the road heading for Serbia. I was told that people were no longer allowed to walk on the roads and along the train tracks as there had been too many accidents in the preceding months. Now, the refugees wereContinue reading “Macedonia”
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