Sunday 4 November 2012

Bled, Slovenia (4 Nov 2012)


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Bled Island and the Assumption Church. It’s the only real island in Slovenia.

We reach Bled Castle at around at 10.40am. It’s drizzling and foggy this morning. Temp at 12oC. Armed with an umbrella, I set out for a tour of the castle.


Bled Castle
Entrance fee is EUR8
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View of the surrounding.. 
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Print shop at Bled Castle
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The first printed book in Slovene










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The old Gutenberg’s wooden printing press (reconstructed of course..)
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Movable metal type

Me having a go at printing myself a certificate.. on hand made paper no less.. with some help from the Print Master, of course..




Castle Forge
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Chapel at Bled Castle
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Museum at Bled Castle

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Heritage of iron making in Kropa.. wooden clog, hammer used for hand forging nails, horse-shoe nails, construction nails for shingles, common ship nails, shoe nails, ship deck nails and machine-made nails for railway tracks

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Archaeologists research equipment from the mid 20th century














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We left Bled around noon and made our way towards Tomlin, passing through Stara Fuzina, Bohinjsko lake.

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Breakfast today

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Late lunch at Most na Soci

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Neat way of stocking up on wood for winter. This is at Srednja Vas.

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Bohinj Lake
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