View from the castle in Bled...I tried to make a whirlwind tour of Bled before I left Slovenia for Croatia, took a boat to the island their in the center and then later in the day took a long hike through the forest up to the castle on the ridge, another opportunity for creme cakes! ( ;

Lunch in Bled...sandwiches and creme cakes! Next time I think I'll eat the giant creme cake after the 8 mile hike rather then before...

Slovenian Cultural Center in Bled

99 steps...

View from the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary on the island in Lake Bled...I'ts custom to carry one's new bride up all 99 steps but if you crop her it's very very bad luck indeed so couples on the cusp of wedlock come for 'practice runs'...our tour group was lucky enough to meet a young couple getting married on Saturday who we're coming to give it a go before trying in front of friends and family. ;D

Bled, Slovenia... was definitely one of the more scenic places on my route, I hiked to the top of the medieval castle at the top of the ridge later in the day, after a meal of positively gigantic Slovenia creme cakes...which may have been ill-planned...

I met two lovely couples, both from England, on the way over to the island who filled me in on their travels in Slovenia! ( ;