We are staying in a lovely campsite on the banks of Lake Bled, we were welcomed onto the site and taken in a golf cart to look at the two pitches which had been reserved for us so we could choose. What fantastic service for a change.Slovenia is fantastic, after my grumbling through other parts of Europe, I am delighted to have found this absolute gem of a place. Bled is a gorgeous lakeside town surrounded by mountains, overlooked by a castle and with a church in the middle of the lake. We have enjoyed great weather and the glacial lake is described as 22 degrees which after dipping our toes actually seems believable, unlike the very cold ‘22 degree’ lake in Innsbruck.
The Airstream continues to attract attention and Paul decided to put this to good use, when recruiting muscle movers. At every site we watch as people physically haul their trailers into place, so when we wanted to turn ours just a few degrees to get that perfect view, we decided to give it a go. Paul and I did not get much sideways movement, but the addition of 4 big Dutch men and a Swiss guy plus Paul achieved a move of about 10 degrees with lots of sweat being generated. ‘Never again’ they said and I tend to agree.
Bled has a little train/bus that takes you around the 10km lake, allowing you to disembark and then continue your journey at will. Casper loves trains and enjoyed the scenic trip into town. We then went to the Tourism office who were also really helpful, we chose to go for a nice Lakeside Lunch, followed by the summer toboggan ride, from our restaurant you could see the slope and Sebastian said in his most sincere way, “I am looking forward to the toboggan, I just hope you get a seat belt”. 
There was a lovely gentle gondola ride to the top which gave fantastic views over the Lake. I was caught a bit unawares when the seat came round and kink of fell onto it, Sebastian turned out to be a gondola expert as he had seen an episode of American Dragon featuring a troublesome gondola. The toboggan ride from the top was excellent, Paul and Casper set off really fast but I was really nervous, putting on a brave face for Sebastian. It was fun and after the first few turns I informed Sebastian that I was the driver and forced his hand off the brake. Casper said that he was scared because daddy had gone too fast.
Everything here is good value, especially compared to Switzerland and Austria where they would charge you to go up the big mountains and charge you again to come back down, as if you would just be left behind if you didn’t have any cash.
We have enjoyed some nice bike rides and swimming in the lake has been a pleasure unaccompanied by pneumonia. We bought Lilos for the boys today, it has been hysterical to witness their caution, first Sebastian was concerned we had no rope to attach to the Lilo, then Casper found an elastic belt to use as a seat belt, all of this was before we were even in sight of the water. 
The camp site have morning activities for the boys themed by a rabbit. The rabbit walks round camp collecting all the kids for the activities, Casper thinks it is real, so sweet. Sebastian has loved it, he won a T-shirt for coming second in the bowling, it was worn with pride today. We also won the family treasure hunt, Paul is so competitive, and can now look forward to world famous Bled Cream Cakes.Slovenia is a hit, we are really feeling like we are on holiday now, and Paul bought a bottle of coke for 40p, so we have at last found somewhere cheap. Last night they had fantastic fireworks, so good we put Rambo 2 on hold and went outside to watch.
We have a few more days here then onto Croatia for two whole weeks by a beach, I have bought some funny looking beach sandals so those pebbles will not spoil my fun.
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