Europe trip part 11

Monday 2nd September 

Today we said goodbye to Iain, Michelle and Connor and set off for Slovenia. It was quite a long drive so we took the motorway twice we drove in a storm which had thunder and lighting and heavy rain which was quite scary as visibility was hard due to the rain and spray. After 2 hours driving south, we stopped in Graz to stretch our legs and have lunch. I had a really good burger. After lunch we had a good look around the city and mum bought herself a new watch as the clasp on her old one was broken.

We then continued driving to our accommodation of Ljubljana, which is the capital city of Slovenia, where we stayed for 2 nights. After dinner we went for a walk around the neighborhood to find out what the horrible smell was. It was drying sweet corn – there is sweet corn everywhere in Europe.

Tuesday 3rd September

Today we drove to Bled to go rafting. Before that we walked around and saw the lake and the church on an island. We did a 30min walk around parts of the lake then we went to have lunch on the lake front. I had a delicious ham and cheese sandwich. We then got picked up and headed off to the rafting start point. We got suited up with wet suits and booties then we were off on the river on our raft with only foot straps to keep us in! It was a 13km long trip on the river Sava Dolinka.

 We shared the rafting with a nice couple from Belgium. Part way down we did body surfing in the 12 degree river - I was an icicle after I got out. I then did a 250m zip line across the river twice to end the trip which was fun. We had spaghetti and chicken for dinner and then I chilled out on the couch whilst mum organized the packing again!