Distance: 7.0 miles hiking (11.3 km)
This morning we did the hike that everyone "has" to do when staying in Bled - Vintgar Gorge. The Vintgar Gorge is basically a canyon/gorge cut into the hills just north of Bled where the river flows over a bunch of waterfalls and a wooden path (built in the 1800s) takes you along the cliff faces and over the waterfalls. With Kravice in Bosnia, Plitvice in Croatia, and now Vintgar Gorge in Slovenia, I've seen so many waterfalls on this trip, I'm definitely not following the advice of TLC. I just keep on chasing them.
Anyway, in the afternoon, we headed for Maribor, Slovenia, where we'd stop for the night before taking the long train ride to Budapest. Maribor is a small city located in a wine-growing area near the first foothills of the Alps. It's an attractive place with a nice old town and lots of Hapsburg-era architecture - similar to Ljubljana but even smaller. We got there on a Monday evening, so the place seemed especially quiet and empty. We hiked up to the hill overlooking the city where the castle used to stand (its ruins were recently excavated). After that, we just watched the US play Ghana in the World Cup and went to bed. We've got Budapest ahead of us, and from what we've heard, it's going to be a fun and exhausting place.
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| Maribor |
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| Maribor |
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| Vineyards on the hill above Maribor |
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| Castle ruins above the city of Maribor |
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| Quite a sunset peaking through the rainclouds |
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| Monument depicting a bunch of important saints |
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