Bled, Slovenia:
Thursday, November 14

Wake by 8:00, packed by 8:15, at the bus station by 9:00, arrive in Bled by 10:40 - check in to a hotel by 11:00 and sleeeeeep

Clouds and mist drift by the castle high above Lake Bled - 200 yards from the front door of the hotel is the shoreline from which the church on the island is viewed

Fatigue is calmed and time for absorbing the magnitude of the journey comes

Good pizza in the afternoon (Italy borders Slovenia just to the west) - need something in English to read, but can't locate - why so tired?

Phone calls to the U.S. are incredibly difficult, necessary, expensive, exhausting

Afternoon at Arbor Bistro, what a find! - young bartender waits tables, talks - a lady comes in with a darling little five-year-old girl who is brought a treat from the kitchen - the bartender/father comes to pet and coo with the child - mother takes over and father and daughter leave - we compliment mother on daughter - time passes - he returns, mother and daughter leave - conversation with dad

Dinner - what an interesting wine carafe - is it Slovene?