{"id":14905,"date":"2016-11-02T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=14905"},"modified":"2016-11-02T22:12:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:12:01","slug":"looking-lake-bled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/looking-lake-bled\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Lake Bled"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here it is, that iconic view of the infamous lake that most people think of when they hear the name Slovenia…<\/p>\n

Apparently crawling with visitors in the summer (understandably!) \u00a0Autumn in Bled is much much quieter, and with the surrounding trees in full on colour boost mode, and the Julian Alps just peeping through the clouds in the background, \u00a0it has to be a good time to visit. \u00a0Not that we had much time to appreciate it… \u00a0It was a true flying visit, a “we can’t just drive past” pit stop, with me hopping out of the car to take a few shots on the way back from a day spent in lovely Ljubljana ( – picture heavy post coming up!).<\/p>\n

Bled Island posed very nicely for me, framing itself with obliging tree branches, and with its Gothic castle neighbour perched high in the background. \u00a0 Whilst I snapped away, imagining bobbing about on one of the\u00a0lake’s colourful wooden boats, and being able to truly admire the fairy tale view, \u00a0Mr R waited patiently with a slumbering baby (and his older siblings) in the back, only yelling at me to hurry up as a lorry was trundling towards the car! \u00a0 We will return one day hopefully – there’s something very special about this region (and its variation of the alpine theme), and we will most definitely return to Ljubljana…<\/p>\n

It’s half term for us, after a mammoth \u00a0first term back at school. \u00a0 October was quite a stressful month all round, so I picked a quiet break in Austria’s Carinthia region – somewhere we haven’t explored that much in the past. \u00a0 The surrounding countryside is completely different from the Austria we are used to, with different flora and fauna, and a strong almost Bayerisch sounding dialect that makes me feel like I am back in my very first German class all over again (I kid myself, I haven’t actually moved on that far from my first German class sadly!)…<\/p>\n

Our home for the week is the sweetest log cabin in the middle of a forest, surrounded by what will be ski runs when the snow comes in a few weeks time. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And the best thing about it? \u00a0 There’s absolutely nothing to do but to explore the great outdoors and the many hiking routes in these parts (apart from our Slovenian expedition today!) returning pleasantly exhausted to the welcome embrace of our little tree house (and its fabulous muscle soothing sauna!)… \u00a0 \u00a0You will probably find me on Instagram<\/a> if you want me (I am truly addicted!), but until we get back to Munich, I am going to sign off for a while to make the most of being here, enjoying precious family time, and just “being<\/em>” really…<\/p>\n

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