Heidi & Richard Bendel's travels

4 August, 06

We headed out early to make our way to Slovenia. We had to load the car on a train to get through a tunnel and then we passed Villach and finally crossed the border into Slovenia. Of course everyone sailed through easily, but my passport was inspected for a while. No problem, Schengen visa!
Bled was a very picturesque town on water. We visited the castle and learnt a bit about the history of the country, and it was drizzling once again, but we managed to do a beautiful gorge walk.
We then got to Ljubljana (the capital), and found a lovely pension but it was out of the town- about 4km. No problem because we had our car. We met two lovely ladies from Israel (Esta and Edna) roaming the town looking for a place to eat just like us and they joined us at Pri Pavli, which was recommended in our book. The evening was great but the food was average. I think we expected more. We did however try their famous potatoes and onions that they won awards for.

We have found the people of Slovenia to be very happy and confident. They are hard-working and they also happen to be a very good-looking nation.