It has been too long since we've put an update here. Since leaving Tuscany, we've spent 24 hours in Bologna (where we had a wonderful, rich, expensive, decadent meal) and then continued on to Slovenia. We had two nights and the day between in Ljubljana, where did a bunch of organizing and planning for later in our trip. We also found time to bike around the city, which is beautiful, and sample some of the local specialties (horse burgers).
Then we took the bus up to Lake Bohinj, which is in the Alps again. We are staying at a nice little apartment with a kitchen, and enjoying cooking as usual.
Slovenia is much less expensive than Italy, and this area is very pretty. The hiking here is great - the first day we just walked around the lake (4 hours) and took lots of pictures, and yesterday we did a much longer, serious hike up into the mountains towards Mount Triglav, which is the largest mountain in Slovenia. We have decided to not summit Triglav as the weather is a bit chancy and it requires an overnight stay at a mountain hut.
Today we are resting up for another big hike tomorrow. We have found out from the (very helpful) tourist information office where to buy fresh local trout, which have a reputation for being delicious. (We have pictures of trout in the streams here which I'll put up later, when we get them off our camera.) So we'll be trying that for dinner, cooked with a seafood spice mix we are still carrying from Tuscany. Unfortunately we don't have a grill or oven, so it will need to be pan fried or possibly poached.
We are now off to see 'Slap Savica' which is Slovenian for the Savica river waterfall, one of the more famous sights in the area. The next posting will have pictures and less chatter!
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