Euro Day 28 - Even more Bohinj

Sunday, 21 July 2019

Today I skipped an early run as I didn't sleep all that well and I was feeling pretty weary from the kayak day. Jon went out for a lap of the lake then a quick swim - still no photos though. But imagine something idyllic and that's it.  Here's a photo I took while he was out running:

 

After a leisurely breakfast (including croissants from the camping site's daily bread delivery), we drove 10 minutes to the start of the Mostnica Gorge hike.  This was an 11k loop trail which took us up the Voje valley on a mixture of trail and gravel road. Part of it was next to an impressively deep gorge with the usual blue-green water.  The deep bits were hard to photograph - here are some of the shallower parts.

    

 

 

 

Part of the route was through delightful Slovenian country side, and we passed a couple of cafes on the way both busy with hikers and bikers. I can't say the advertised offerings of Sour Milk, Buckwheat Grouts, Goulash, Sauerkraut or Curd with Potatoes appealed to me much. I would have been stuck with the only normalish sounding dish - mushroom risotto!

 

 

Anyway the waterfall at the end our our journey wasn't all that impressive, in fact the gorge and countryside were actually better drawcards. It was still pleasant enough though.

 

Back at our campsite I still had some energy to explore so Jon and I set out on a hike to another waterfall, right up in the corner of the glacial valley that Lake Bohinj lies in. 

 

It was another nice walk, although we did have to roll under some electric fences and follow the map pretty well to get there.  Luckily the way back was more straight forward.

 

The waterfall was Slovenia's most visited apparently.  We were there around 4pm so it wasn't all that busy. It was a nice waterfall though and well worth the 2 ish hour round trip to see it. (We could have driven most of it, but that would have been boring!). There are lots of beautiful looking summer houses and small farms all around us. These horses have it pretty good.

  

Tomorrow we leave Slovenia. We'll be sorry to do so, as it's been great - we've loved lots of things about it.  Each morning the NZ rowing team spend a few hours rowing up and down the lake. It's easy to see why - flat water, cheap prices! Some of the girls happened to be at the pizza place we were at tonight. They all had very impressive arm muscles!

Anyway - tomorrow.. Austria! 

2017List
Euro Day 54 - Not a rest day Friday, 16 August 2019
Euro Day 52 & 53 Thursday, 15 August 2019
Euro Day 51 - Drammen & WOC Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Euro Day 50 - Hello Norway! Monday, 12 August 2019
Euro Day 49 - SOW Day 6 Sunday, 11 August 2019
Euro Day 48 - SOW Day 5 Saturday, 10 August 2019
Guest Blog: Today's tip for aspiring young uncles Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 47 - SOW Day 4 Friday, 9 August 2019
Euro Day 46 - SOW Rest(ish) Day Thursday, 8 August 2019
Guest blog by Paul the favourite uncle Thursday, 8 August 2019
Euro Day 45 - SOW Day 3 Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Euro Day 44 - SOW Day 2 Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Euro Day 43 - SOW Day 1 Monday, 5 August 2019
Euro Day 42 - Switzerland to France to Switzerland to France.. Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 41 - Sweden to Switzerland Sunday, 4 August 2019
Euro Day 40 - Island Idle - Part 2 Friday, 2 August 2019
Euro Day 39 - Island Idle - Part 1 Thursday, 1 August 2019
Euro Day 38 - If it's easy, it's not worth doing Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 37 - What Next? Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Euro Day 36 - Back into the forest Monday, 29 July 2019
Euro Day 35 - O-Ringen - Race Day 3 Sunday, 28 July 2019
Euro Day 34 - O-Ringen, Race Day 2 Saturday, 27 July 2019
Euro Day 33 - O-Ringen - Race Day 1 Friday, 26 July 2019
Euro Day 32 - O-Ringen Thursday, 25 July 2019
Euro Day 31 - Hello Stockholm! Wednesday, 24 July 2019
End of Part 1 Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Euro Day 30 - Salzburg! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 29 - Hello Austria! Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Euro Day 28 - Even more Bohinj Sunday, 21 July 2019
Euro Day 27 - More Bohinj! Saturday, 20 July 2019
Euro Day 26 - Bohinj Friday, 19 July 2019
Euro Day 25 - Bled Thursday, 18 July 2019
Euro Day 24 - Hello Slovenia! Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Euro Day 23 - Plitvice Lakes National Park Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Euro Day 22 - Hello Croatia! Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 21 - Dolomites to Trieste Monday, 15 July 2019
Euro Day 20 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 2 Saturday, 13 July 2019
Euro Day 19 - Dolomites 3 Day - Day 1 Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 18 - Venice to Predazza, Sea to Mountains Thursday, 11 July 2019
Euro Day 16 & 17 - Part 2 - Venice Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Part 1 - O-Nerding in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 16 - Thunder and Lightning in Venice Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Euro Day 15 - Thunder and Lightning in Florence Monday, 8 July 2019
Euro Day 14 - Pisa and San Gimignano Sunday, 7 July 2019
Euro Day 13 - Cinque Terre Saturday, 6 July 2019
Euro Day 12 - Transition Day Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 4 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 3 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 2 Friday, 5 July 2019
Tour Du Mont Blanc - Day 1 Thursday, 4 July 2019
Euro Day 7 - Annecy to Les Houches Sunday, 30 June 2019
Euro Day 6 - From St Etienne to Annecy Saturday, 29 June 2019
Euro Day 5 - Heading towards Lyon Friday, 28 June 2019
Euro Day 4 - Castles Castles Castles Thursday, 27 June 2019
Euro Day 3 - Goodbye Paris hello Loire Valley Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Euro Day 2 - Sore Feet! Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Euro Day 1 - Paris - so French!! Monday, 24 June 2019