Vršič Pass
To get from Lake Bled to Soča River you can take a road with 50 hairpin turns built in World War I. At the 8th turn there is a small Russian Chapel just to the left of the road. The chapel was built by Russian …
by Justin
Lake Bled
Lake Bohinj
Lake Bohinj is a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains. As I got in the lake, fish swam by my feet and ducks flew over my head. We swam out to the middle of the lake. I rode a ski gondola up to the top of …
Vintgar Gorge
The funniest thing that happened at Vintgar Gorge was that we saw three White-throated Dippers (aka European Dippers) jumping off rocks, taking a dip, and popping up further downstream. Next we saw trout lazily floating in an emerald green pool. After we saw the trout …
Lake Bled Castle
Lake Bled Castle sits on the top of a hill overlooking Lake Bled. We got to see how people used to make books with a letterpress. I even got to try making something with it. Here is a picture of what I made with the …
Lake Bled Church
There is a church on the island in the middle of Lake Bled. I got to ring a bell in the chapel. I got to go into the clock tower and see the gigantic pendulum clock. The clock had an enormous bell. We had an awesome walnut …
The Swans of Lake Bled
I saw four swans on Lake Bled. One of the swans was an adult and the others were cygnets (baby swans). The swans were called mute swans, but they are far from mute. These swans paddle with one foot and rest the other on their …
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