Wednesday 12 October

Wednesday 12 October

We walked around Zagreb and visited the local market and took pictures of the church in a better light. We then made our way to he train and headed for Lake Bled in Slovenia.

Arriving Lake Bled we caught a taxi to Hotel Berc with an American couple and Jen soon realised her purse was on its way to Munich on the train. It fell out if where it was stored and we didn't see it on our departure from the train. Doh!

Another afternoon of phone calls, surfing web pages looking for various contact numbers of the train stops to Munich. A little success in that they searched the carriage a few stops later, with no luck. The purse only had some cash and a debit card, so we got online and transferred all the money out of Jen's account to mine. Jen misses the picture of Barney in his antlers the most. Awwww Barney, we will see the legend soon.

Of course an auto payment was set up in Jen's account and the next day the bank charged her $19 in fees for failed transaction. You can't win sometimes!

We eventually got out of the Hotel Berc, which was more of a pensionè than an hotel, and saw what Bled had to offer. Oh my Lord, amazing! It could not be more picturesque. Crystal clear lake, where they had the recent rowing world championships, snow capped mountains, church on an island in the middle of the lake, castle in the hill, white swans cruising past and to top it off the full moon was poking it's way over the horizon. Suddenly the lost purse didn't seem so bad.

Our Hotel owner/host was very nice, spoke excellent English and had a good sense of humour.

At night we had a meat platter at a little restuarant. Wow, it was a huge serve of cevapcicis, turkey, chicken, sausage, pasta and rice and fries. It was a challenge, and it defeated us, just. Some nice wine and then a trip to the local Bled Casino for half an hour. A typical small town Casino with more staff than customers. Some rather serious identity checking to gain entry, including passport identification and taking your picture, and then some fun on the automatic roulette tables. Real wheel, just auto spin. Luck ran my way and we won €46 which paid for dinner. A nice end to the day.