Spent the weekend in Bled, Slovenia. Weather improved each day and Sunday found us enjoying intermittent sun behind billowing alto cumulus clouds with temps in the 75F region. A typical Slovenia summer day I would imagine.
Slovenia extends down to the top corner of the Adriatic Sea, Italy to the West, Austria and Hungary to the North, and Croatia to the East and South. Bled is a pretty little town to the north, dominated by the large Bled lake. This lake is warmed by geothermal springs, and it's bright turquoise colour jumps out in Google Earth.
They clearly get the Tourist thing in Bled, the calendar is stuffed with events all year round. The main sites to see are the church on the island in the middle of the lake and Bled Castle on top of a large lakeside cliff. We managed to see neither as we were too busy golfing, eating and drinking the local wine which we found surprisingly good.
Union Gostilna is a casual restaurant on the main drag at the edge of the village. With advance notice, they serve a variety of foods cooked on an open hearth under "bell". The bell looks like a beefy wok cover. The suckling pig we enjoyed was cooked for over 3 hours. In the final stage, the meat is placed skin up, and the bell is covered with hot coals held in place by little barrel hoops. It was great and I hope to order some of these to replicate that dish.
Both the King's Course and the 9 hole companion course at "XXX" were very good. A nicely laid out course and more than worth a few rounds.
Bled is a winner and worth another visit to get to the tourist spots we missed, more golf, and more of the local wine.
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