Tuesday 18th September
Today we awoke to wet and cold weather.  They have had a very hot summer here in Solvenia and now the draught has broken and have had so much rain continuing today, unfortunately.    We set off at 9am and drove in our mini bus to Bohinj where we caught a cable car to the top of Vogel Mountain, a height of 1535m.  As we came closer to the top of the mountain it began to snow and once we were at the top it was quite a snow storm, which excited us all until we became cold with snow falling everywhere, in some ways it was wonderful but we couldn't walk around and admire the views of the Lake below, so just stayed inside and looked in wonder at the amazing scene outside as the snow flakes fell and settled onto the trees.   Even our guide was surprised and said 'he had never had that happen before' whilst taking a tour up the mountain, there was always plenty of cloud but never such a snow storm.
After lunch we went by a special boat, rowed by an experienced rower to St Marys church on the only Island in Solvenia across Bled Lake, it was still raining but we were all dressed for it so no one was complaining.
Then we were off to  Bled Castle is one of the oldest castles in Solvenia, 16th century.  We had wonderful views of the area with Bled township in the distance.

We arrived back at our hotel early due to the weather, still raining, so we treated ourselves to the specialty of Bled and that is a cream cake (somewhat like our custard square) was very nice and enjoyed by all.