Cycling in Europe and other adventures

Yikes.  Note the Christ on the cross nearby. Mmmmmm    It was a glorious sunny day to start our ride to the alpine village of Kranjska Gora which apparently has a world renowned ski resort.     It took us a little while to get going as we were not supplied with the water bottles that we thought we were getting.   Fortunately, there was a bike shop nearby and I was able to buy three water bottles.   We figured we would need them for the work we were going to be doing.     We rode around half Lake Bled dodging other riders, children, adults and the odd dog.   Finally, we turned off the cycle path for our first climb.   All was going well until we missed a turn.   The problem was that the Ride with GPS map on our phones was always oriented north and it sometimes made it difficult to figure out which way we were to go especially when several roads were close together.   I missed the turn and had us headi...

    After breakfasting and packing our bags we all had a desire for a nice cup of coffee.   I had found a recommended one which was nearby.   It was another beautiful day in Ljubljana and nice in the sun.   Out of the sun it was very cold.   The coffee place was down at the Central Square.   It was already busy at 9:30am.     We found a place to sit to have the coffee and then we swarmed by a group tour who had a guide pointing out places on a physical representation of Ljubljana.     Our driver picked us up at 11am and took us to Bled.   He was a nice person who had a little English.   Politics is interesting in Slovenia at the moment due to an election that’s just been held.   Apparently one of the prime ministerial contenders is a Serb and it seems for some he is seen to favour Serbs in the country and not the Slovenes and for that reason not liked.   Beyond that information it was diffi...