Today we woke up to temperatures in the 90’s with no chance of rain in the forecast, but by noon it was pouring rain and had fallen in to the high 60’s. Weather in the Alps I guess! We decided to go ahead with our plan to hike the Vintgar Gorge, which is just north of Lake Bled. This place is pretty, but very touristy and pretty expensive, as it cost 5 euro to park and 10 euro each to get into the gorge. The hike is on an elevated boardwalk over the river and is about 1 mile out to a waterfall and 1 mile back the same way. Just about the time we got the end to turn around, the rains let up and the sun and heat returned, but not before we got to see a rainbow over the falls.

Overall, I’d say Vintgar Gorge is worth it, but I did think it was overpriced and too touristy. There is scenery just as pretty in this country that can be seen for free and without the huge crowd.

After we finished up the hike, we went back to Bled to have some local cream cake that was highly recommended in Anna Maria’s tour book. The cake was pretty good, and we were joined by some very bold little birds who had no problems hanging out at our table and begging for handouts. I don’t think that we were the first to give them some crumbs judging by how good they were at begging for them.

In the afternoon, we headed over to the other side of the Lake Bled to rent a row boat to go check out the island in the middle of the lake. It was fun to get out on the lake in a boat and we couldn’t resist jumping in the water and taking a swim from the island. The water was pretty cold, but bearable once we got used to it.

That’s all I have for today. Tomorrow we are headed to Lake Bohinj, which is supposedly just as pretty and less crowded with tourists, and then back to Ljubliana. My friends Harry and Sam arrive from Germany to Ljubliana on Saturday, so we are looking forward to picking them up then!