As always I slept as a rose in my tent. I woke up early by the birds just past six but went sleeping around nine. Around 7 I made coffee and sipped it in my camping chair….Around 8 made a second coffee…..I had only 65 K to cycle to Ljubljana with checkin earliest at 14.00 so I was not in hurry. Since a couple of days my left knee is complaining sometimes so it was good it would be today a slow cycle day (tomorrow to bled it would be also a slow day with again only 60 K). I also mapped a route with the minimal of climbing with as results I would have to cycle some time on a secondary road but as it was Sunday I gambled it would not be to busy. I took my time to get ready and around 9.30 I paid the nice camping owner and started cycling. The only thing I forgot was to buy some breakfast yesterday as al the the shops and bakeries were closed today. Besides my coffee I had some half-melted leftover mini-chocolat cookies…When I woke up the sun was hiding behind the clouds, by the time I left the camping the sun was shining. Any way better then the rain which passed yesterday evening…..
The first hour I cycled on te by now known small roads through small farming villages. Sometimes I took an unpaved road connecting to villages. No cars but a lot of other cyclists on the road, locals at hey did carry any luggage …The secondary road as expected was not so busy, other cyclists but also a lot of motorcycles having fun on the curvy road and perfect black asphalt……
To get to Ljubljana I had to do some climbing but nothing significant. In addition I was rewarded. On the top of the small hill/mountain there was bakery specialised in a sort of “boule de Berlin” filled with either marmelade, vanilla cram, chocolat,….A lot of people queuing to get the goodies.The lady who served me was not so happy with me when I said I did not need the plastic bag in which my single “boule de Berlin” was served, but my Boule de Berlin was super ; fresh, big, sugary, apricot marmelade,…the perfect but not so healthy breakfast.
The last 25 to Ljubljana was most of the time a descent….and soon I arrived at Ljubljana’s outskirts…I cycled through and office and light industrial area untill I was in the city center which I recognised from or family’s summer holiday last summer.
I was to early to check-in so I had a Radler on a nice terrace, it had become warm by know so I had a second. I checked-in had a shower and went into the city. In a place which I remember served great ice-cream I had a Yoghurt ice. I wanted to visit the Ljubljana castle as we did not visit it during our previous visits as it was to hot and the castle is located on top of a hill. It was also warm today but I discovered there is a airconditioned funiculaire which brings you for 3 euro without sweat to the top of the hill…
The castle has been fully renovated and is besides a castle also a gallery, museum and even jazz club….A lot of people but not to crowded. There was a sort of enactment going un with people dressed up medieval , the possibility for archery and do all kind of other middle-age things….like bying beer, lemonade and hamburgers….
I bought a limonade and walked back down from the castle to the city center. I strolled around, had a drink, and strolled some further. As dinner I had a not so bad chicken Korma on a terrace along the river.
Today, again, was a chill day. Not a lot of cycling, relaxing,sightseeing,…tomorrow again cycling will be limited. I will cycle to a camping at lake Bled some 65 K away. On the way I will pass a bikeshop to get some new tires for Black horse. The current ones could do another 1000 K but the price here is significant lower then in Belgium….I’m looking forward to camp again tomorrow and make my own dinner sitting in my camping chair in front of my tent……By Wednesday the weather will change with cooler temperatures, temperatures below 20’s, and more rain…cold if one but hope not to much rain as I plan to camp everyday untill home…
Lessons learned :
- Great stuff an MSR stove functioning on gasoline.
- Never new that castles had so much concrete in them.
- Don’t put your text under a fruit tree if you want to avoid your tent to become sticky.
Song of today : Love is all - The tallest man on earth
leuke rustige dag gehad, genoten van je foto's, ben ook ooit in ljubljana geweest, jaren geleden toen de kinderen nog klein waren, dan hadden we nog een trigano campingkar en kampeerden we ook in de buurt van Bled, heel mooi daar
ReplyDeletePrecies weer een mooie en rustige dag gehad .
ReplyDeleteDoe het maar rustig aan met je knie en geniet van het kamperen.
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Take care of your knee, you still have a bit of riding to do! Seems you had a nice and quiet day... enjoy it! Many, many moons ago I was on holiday in Bled... on a camping vacation!
ReplyDeleteCurious about the rest of your trip!