Day 3 and it's out the door and away, just as soon as we have checked the weather, read the Age, see who liked yesterday's photos, the list goes on. Anyway, apparently the bike is comfortable and the brakes work and the traffic is ok and the road surface is good so it looks promising, for today at least. Today we are intending to do a lazy 40km ride out along the valley roads. Well as we now know, valleys are generally located between at least 2 hills, or in our ...

Day 1 and a leisurely departure from Ljubljana by train to Lake Bled. With our transfer from the station to the hotel waiting for us on arrival at Bled, we were in the hotel well before midday. The hotel was completed in 1906 and occupies prime position looking out over the lake and Slovenia's only island. A stroll along the lake shore into the town was the order of the day, and with a couple more tee shirts, coffee and strudel we were back in time for dinner: p...

Days 16 - 17. Today we leave Ljubljana after a very enjoyable and interesting 5 days. There was just so much to see and do, quirky back streets, which we somehow always seem to gravitate to, vaulted ceiling cafes and restaurants behind innocuous facades or riverside bars where we can sit and watch the passing parade. It all went to make our stay here well worth the visit. Yesterday we went for a bike ride out to the Ljubljana Marshes that is now in part, a natur...

Day 12-15. Apart from the bus being a little late arriving in the the bus station and the driver missing the motorway exit to Ljubljana that resulted in a little detour through the countryside to get back on track, the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana was straightforward enough. After a short walk from the bus station we were nicely tucked up in our accommodation for the next 5 days. With a balcony view over the city directly out to the castle, this promises to be a...