Arrival at Ljubljana train station to rain, rain, rain - but that's better than snow! A short cycle to our apartment at Barbo Palace. Lots of locals on bicycles but virtually all of them were riding one hand on the handlebars and the other holding a brolley over them! We spent two nights here so a full day as tourists, a showery tour round the castle and the old town and the weather just got worse as the showers turned into a non stop pi**ing down deluge. It does...

Even though it meant we would have to backtrack in a few days we decided to visit Lake Bohinj, somewhere neither of us had visited before and supposedly very beautiful. A late start and an easy ride and we arrived late morning. We managed to check in to our apartment very early and headed off to shop for 2 days. With just a few items in our trolley we asked if they were open tomorrow (Sunday) - 'No we are closed', okay what time are you open until today - 'We are...

Time to move on, very cold start but great cycle path from Kranjska Gora (disused railway line). We had read there is a cycle path all the way to Bled. More accurately is there is a 'cycle route' all the way to Bled. Half way the cycle path ends and the rest is signed on quiet roads and then the signs seemed to end and it was the main road. Very little traffic though as the nearby motorway runs in the same direction. Then the main road was signed 'no cycles'! The...

Excuse me for reminiscing, but I first came to Kranjska Gora in 1985 when I was just 19 and it was in Yugoslavia not Slovenia. It is so beautiful I brought Donna here about 10 years ago and now we are both back. The taller mountains unfortunately have very rough paths and scrambles which is not Donna's cup of tea. So for our first walk I tried to choose something that would satisfy my summit hunger and Donna could enjoy. The path started fine but the higher we cl...

I forgot to mention in Maribor our apartment had a musical shower! Not only did it have the usual shower head but it also had an amazon rain forest option and those horizontal jets that normally cause Donna to rip the door off plus it had built in speakers and radio, Donna was washing and singing along to the local rock station! Slovenia and Austria have been beautiful but we knew they would we have been to both before. Austria also gives huge helpings of food in...