Well, after having a bit of time to experience the beauty of Lake Bled yesterday, it was time for us to slow down and relax a bit - basically, to have a bit of a 'holiday' from all the travelling we've been doing. Yeah, la vida dura, I know... The two main activities of the day consisted of visiting the castle at the top of the rock face on the north side of the lake, and then doing something we hadn't done in far too long: getting in the water. It's just too bl...

So after a couple of days in the pretty but small Slovenian capital, it was time to make our way towards one of the places I was most excited for in our trip - Bled, a small town on the edge of the Julian Alps with a popular lake.... ...And it didn't let us down. After getting off the not-very-long bus ride from Ljubljana sometime around noon, it took us about two minutes to decide we would have stay night longer than planned. This place was amazing, like someth...

As Ljubljana - although cute - wasn't the biggest of capital cities we had seen, we had decided to use its central location within Slovenia as a base for a day trip. We had heard about Škocjan Cave in the southwest, so we decided since we hasn't seen anything like that it would be worth checking out. As almost always is the case, we left the hostel a little later than normal, but fortunately not too late. We had to catch a train to a little town called Divača...

After sleeping in a bit following a late night, our Couchsurfing host (Manuel) took us on a tour of the city centre. Having been to Vienna once before myself (about ten years ago) it brought back some memories walking down the Universitatsring, where many of the government buildings are situated. However, at least for Mari, she had never been there before so it was all new for her. Nearby there was the Volksgarten and the Heldenplatz, the large square where Adolf...

After two and a half days in Riga, it was time to move to a new location and new country - Lithuania. Artjoms had to go to work early again, so we left with him towards the city centre, he dropped us off and we said our farewells. Artjoms was a top guy who really added something to our experience in Riga, I hope he will come and visit us in Galicia because he was in the process of planning a bike trip to Portugal. Our bus was not leaving for another few hours, s...