Still Loving Slovenia

Child friendly culture is hard to find but Bled Castle was quite a hit, set high on a cliff above the lake the views were fantastic. We also got a good view of the superb lido swimming area unfortunately too late to make use of it. The reason for the fireworks was revealed as being due to Bled festival, which we pretty much missed due to posters not going up until after the event had begun, but what we did see was great all focused around the lake.

I even managed a 10KM run around the lake, it was nice even if I did wander a bit away from the lakeside, and have some concerns about being lost. I was combining my run with a trip into Bled for cash, this was not to be however as the two banks in Bled seemed to have an aversion to Visa and we were quickly running out of cash. Its hard to keep track of which country you are in and what currency you need. Paul tried to pay for some food with cash but was refused, with no common language, he was baffled. With VISA also not working, we started to go onto rations until he tried to pay for something the next day and the assistant explained they don't take Swiss Francs in Slovenia. Doh!

The variety of campers is vast, from the hikers with tiny tents and huge back packs through to some massive motorhomes, I saw one with a boot space containing a car, that was pretty cool, and motor bikers who Casper is intrigued by. Our airstream is still often photographed, pointed at and stared at, it can be quite disconcerting to suddenly be illuminated by the flash of a camera whilst doing the washing up.