We left Porec bright and early this morning knowing we had about a 4 1/2 hour drive ahead of us. This is the longest drive on the trip. We were originally going to stop somewhere for the night but decided Salburg was worth 2 nights and the drive..
Side note on the GPS in the car. she is very funy..sometimes she says..continue to follow the road until further instructed. Like it is a secret how long we have to be on that road or what is coming up next..the other day she said...traffic delay due to inquisitive drivers..how does she know that???
OK back to the trip. We crossed the boarder leaving Croatia and the boarder entering Slovenia- Why do all border agent looklike the are ready to shoot you.... We did have one toll booth challenge. I forgot that we had already bought our vignette for Slovenia on our way from Italy to Croatia when we briefly had to pass through Slovenia - which is basically a toll sticker. We got to a toll booth and had no idea what to do..pulled into a lane...backed out..pulled into another lane and backed out..then just drove through..thinking we would be getting a ticket later...then I remembered the toll sticker, so I think we are safe.
If you know my saying that I cannot actually count visiting someplace if I do not see something of interest. We were going to stop at the caves but missed that exit. I saw that Lake Bled was just a short detour off of the highway and thought I had heard abut it on one of the many travel shows we watched so off we went.
The Lake area was absolutley beautifuly. We got to the lake and there was a boat ride about to leave so we hopped in..no idea how long or how much..it ended up being about 1hour 15 min. Trip down the lake to an island where we wandered aroudn for about a 1/2 hour and back up the lake..and only 24E..which we thought was a pretty good deal. Then we had lunch overlooking the lake and decided this was a great unexpected stop.
Back on the road to Salzburg. We had about 2 more hours to drive. The Slovenian and Austian country side were beautiful. Small towns all throughout the amazing mountains. The pictures I was able to post do not do it justice.
We arrived in Salzburg and headed right out to visit the old town. We walked around the shopping area, found a pretty cool beer gaden and of couse had a beer..then found a place for dinner. We had the famous Austrian souffle kind of dessert..mixed reviews..very much like a souffle with a raspberry sauce..pretty much like eating air. It started to rain while we were having dinner in the garden so we moved into a semi covered area and finished our meal..and walked back to our hotel in the rain. Luckily it was not pouring..just a light rain..
We are in salzburg so of course the Sound of Music is on TV. I think they pretty much show it all the time.
Tomorrow we have a Sound of Music Bike tour in the morning and a Mozart Dinner in the evening..Very busy day! 10pm Now time for an epsisode of Downton Abbey and off to bed...Goodnight!
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