Lake Bled

Lake Bled is a hidden beauty in the fascinating country, Slovenia. When James and I were doing our research for interrail if there was one thing we agreed 100 percent on was visiting Lake Bled. 

We travelled from Salzburg to Lesce-Bled, the village/town near the hidden treasure. Leaving Austria and entering Slovenia, we had our first insight into the varying economics of Central and Eastern Europe. The former constituted of dream houses: warm, large and with the most outstanding views. Slovenia, provided a strikingly different view. Although beautiful, its economic differences to its neighbouring country were illustrated through the weathered looking house and cars that we travelled past. Regardless of this, the train journey was still filled with excitement and happiness. 

The train left us in the isolated village of Lesce-Bled. We had no idea how to get to the actual lakes, and all we could see was an empty cafe. After wandering about for a while, we stumbled upon the tourist information, where we directed to the bus stop. It was a hot morning and we were both growing impatient with excitement to visit the lake! Waiting 15 - 20 minutes for a bus, it finally arrived. We took a seat and buzzed with excitement... 

But the bus didn't leave us at the lake! The suspense was dragged on! We were left at a top of the hill, where we were informed we that we had to travel down the road to reach the haven we sought. As we stumbled down the hill, our bag packs weighed us down and the heat made us all that bit more irritable. But when we finally arrived at the Lakes, our heart and soul was filled with happiness. We encountered our hidden treasure.  

Just looking back at this photo and I still feel overwhlemed.

Once we arrived at the Lake, we excitingly took a rowing boat tour around the lake, day-dreamed around the island and made our way to a lovely lunch, with the view of the lake! After a lovely day at Bled, we made our way to the capital of Slovenia...

Below are some pictures of the day, enjoy :) 

View of the Church in the island

James and I enjoying the tour!

Bye-bye Bled!

All pictures were taken by me, unless I'm in them.