The slow crawl home: Lake Bled: I'm taking up residency.

I learnt yesterday that the Slovenian word for ‘take picture’ isn’t Pods Slap instead this means ‘under the waterfall.’ These words became the repeated phrase (thinking that it meant ‘take picture’) over these past couple of days in Lake Bled.

A short 40min drive from the capital, Ljubljana, Lake Bled is stunning – beyond words and therefore you’d want to ‘take picture’ at every given opportunity. It kind of reminded me in way of Queenstown in NZ, funny that when the town is based around a lake. But what sets this place apart completely from any destination in NZ is the colour of the water. A rich, vibrant emerald city green. It’s crystal clear and unfortunately not quite warm enough yet for an onslaught of swimmers.

But back to the infamous Pods Slap. What a word. I love it. After a visit to Vintgar Gorge where you wander along the riverbank and end up standing atop of thundering falls, you were desperate to follow the Pod Slap sign so you could get under the waterfall and no surprises here, ‘take a picture.’

Slovenian’s are slightly reserved at first but once they get talking and laughing (particularly at you) they are quite the opposite.

Every trip to the lake should include a row out to Bled Island. It was a sunny afternoon when we did it with our new friends hailing from the UK, Ireland and Scotland (just had Wales missing). We where on a high thinking life can’t get any better until the rain, hail and thunder crept up with us (it’s getting sick of causing carnage in Germany, Hungary and Poland) and decided to make face here. Rowing in thunder and lighting isn’t fun. I can though, have a laugh at the woman who we rented the boat in stitches at us as we returned the boat looking like drowned rats. I’m sure she’s still having a chuckle over it.

We are back In Ljubljana now. Staying in a apartment for the next few days. But just quietly I think I’d prefer to be in Lake Bled.

Toodle pip x