Fairytale

Posted by Emily

From Rovinj, we got picked up in minivans and driven to another small town (forget the name) where they pick their own truffles (the mushrooms) and therefore they are very cheap. Bought some of those and had some AMAZING hot chocolate that actually more like pudding. Continued on to the Slovenian border where we visited a cave with one of the largest underground canyons. Pretty amazing.

Then it was on to our final destination of Blad, Slovenia, which was very aptly described to be as seeming to be out of a fairytale. It's set in the Julian Alps so everywhere you look there are mountain peaks. There is a beautiful lake in the middle of town bordered by a large cliff, on which is situated a castle. We spent a lot of time walking around the city lake/park area. One day we went on a beautiful hike DOWN a mountain to Lake Bohinj (?)...Bohemian Lake in English. So beautiful. Set in the middle of the mountains and on the edge of a forest. We had lunch right across the street.

We also explored the castle, which sadly, is much prettier from a distance. It was quite intereting though because they had some historical relics there and some people dressed up in old fashioned outfits (I kind of felt bad for them) pretending to be a printmaker and a wine bottlers (or something like that). I guess many people get married there and supposedly the bride walks up the hill. That would be quite a feat because it's a pretty steep hill. But there's also a road so I doubt that's actually true.

Anyway, very relaxing lovely city. I wish we could have stayed longer. Unlike many of the cities, this is one that I would definitely go back to, especially in the winter. lots of skiing!