After a wonderful day biking around Lake Bled, we hoped to visit nearby Lake Bohinj today, but our Airbnb host recommended that we do something a bit different and visit a famous cave down near the coast. He organised a lift for us through a ride sharing website, so we are picked up from the park and driven 45 minutes to our first stop, Predjama Grad, a beautiful castle that holds the world record for the largest ca[...]
Anyone who knows anything about Slovenia will know about Lake Bled. It’s one of the most photogenic places I’ve ever seen and I’m clearly not alone in thinking this because Lake Bled is absolutely all over Instagram. Ljubljana has obviously taken note of the popularity by scheduling hourly buses to Bled, which is in stark contrast to the infrequency of buses going to other tourist destinations. It may even be[...]
Our first stop and "home base" for exploring Slovenia, we arrive to our delightful AirBnB in Ljubljana, a cute city with an intimidating name. We are staying with the lovely Jure and Kim, who are both incredibly friendly, and despite some awkwardness as we adjust to sharing quarters with other people for a few days, we thoroughly enjoy the experience of staying with locals. Particularly Jure, who proves to be a[...]
Backpacking through Europe has long-since been the quintessential 20-somethings holiday― while there are a million amazing places to explore, and some even more appealing than Europe, there will always be something magical about zipping across borders on a sleeper train, climbing a church tower for views over a quaint old city, strolling along cobbled streets, and subsisting exclusively on pastries, all the while[...]