We started the day by checking out of the hostel early and walking to the bus station where we dropped our big packs and waited for Kate's horse riding which she had booked immediately on our arrival in Bled.
She had a wonderful time and the organisation was very efficient with her being picked up and dropped off exactly when planned. We have found this in Bled. Kate's horse was a palomino called Skippy and Kate was the only one on her trip because the others booked for the morning were beginners. Kate enjoyed seeing the countryside in the foothills (lots of trots and canters) while I did another lap around Lake Bled.
Discovered that Lake Bled is approx 2.2kms long, 1.3kms wide and the path around is about 6kms. Half way around I watched a fisherman catch a huge fish which I later learned was a European Carp. It took him about 15 minutes to land and I arrived after he had started to reel it in. Quite a crowd gathered to watch. Apparently there are quite a few in Lake Bled and it is catch and release.
I sourced some lunch and then met Kate back at the bus station and we caught the local bus to Ljubljana. Tried to get a ticket on the local bus to Zagreb but there was only one seat left so bought Flixbus tickets for 13:35.
Flixbus are cheap and Gill had commented that they are often late but so far we hadn’t had any problems. Not so today, we stood in the sun before finally retreating to the shade across the road from the bus stop and watched numerous buses arrive but not ours. Finally at 3pm our bus arrived!!!
Journey was interesting with a border crossing where we all exited the bus, had our passports checked to leave Slovenia then walked across the border and reentered the bus before driving 100m and then repeating the process to enter Croatia.
Finally arrived exhausted at the apartment at 6pm. Sourced some food and collapsed.
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Great fishing photos. We catch exactly the same species in Lake Burley Griffin! If you catch them here you are NOT allowed to release them. From Gary
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