The weather has finally caught up with us. For the first time we have grey skies and drizzle sometimes with rain. There is no let up, no break in the clouds through which I can optimise my photos. Bled is a tourist town less than an hour north west of the capitol Ljubljana. It sits at the head of a glacial valley at the foot of the Jullian Alps and has a Swiss Alpine vibe to it.
The morning starts with a drive up the hill to Bled Castle. Built in the 15th century it affords magnificent views across the lake and down to Bled Island and its monastery.
Half an hour drive up the valley at Lake Bohinj we take the Vogel cable car up 1000 metres to 1535 metres. In the winter this is a ski complex. No snow today but 6 degrees celsius with a roaring wind that makes it feel subzero. Oposite us the views are close up of the Julian Alps.
After lunch at the cablecar restaurant a short drive then a 545 step climb through the drizzle to Savica Falls. The steady climb ascends through beautiful autumn forest to a the rushing headwaters of the Sava river as it plunges off the rock face. This is the headwaters of the same Sava river that I saw end at the Danube in Belgrade. Quite poignant to witness both the birth and termination of a river on the one trip.
