Going to Lake Bled from Venice we had to spend the night at the train station in Ljubljana. Here we had the pleasure of meeting some american guys who as they put it; where looking for Croatia in the train station of the capital of Slovenia. Apperantly they had been on hour train from Venice, which was not hard to see since they were wearing touristy sailor hats from the channel city. The funny thing was that the train they were originally on was actually going to Zagreb, but they had for a not known reason gotten of the train many hours early. And now they had to wait in Ljubljana for the next train at 7 a.m. the next day. They were trying to be gentlemen drunk as they were, and offered to set up a tent for us and saying that since we were two girls traveling alone they would look after us all night. But a couple of hours later they were sound a sleep with no tent and just some really small towels instead of sleeping bags.
Really tired after a wake night at the station we took the first train going to Bled in the morning. Arriving there at around 6 a.m. The hostel reception did not open until 8 a.m (or actually 9 a.m. in difference of what they stated on their website) so we gathered our bags and got some longed for sleep in their parking lot before getting our room.
Lake Bled is a really idyllic place with a beautiful scenery. The great lake has a small island with a small church which you can reach by renting a small row boat. After a nap we took a hike around the lake and up to the castle overlooking the little village.
Up in the Slovenian alps the sun was milder and swimming in the freshwater lake was a way more chilly experience than the recent swim in Lido in Venice.
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