Bled

If you’ve read Erica’s post you probably understand why we haven’t posted in a while. Looking back, I wish I had taken a few pictures of Niki, the backwards little border town we got stranded in; however, there comes a point when you are no longer interested in documenting your own suffering.

I’ve always been under the impression that the Greeks were a hardy yet rough and unforgiving people. I remember reading another traveler’s account of a Greek shop owner ruthlessly berating a handicapped young man for crowding his retail space with a wheelchair. Our experience in Niki pretty much confirmed that generalization; people were friendly until they realized we might become the mildest sort of burden.

Since we were running short on time and interview fell through, we decided to forgo our trip to Bulgaria. I’m still a little down about that because it was one of the countries that I was looking forward to the most. Instead we took the train back to Belgrade for one night, and the next day on to Ljubljana.

To end our trip on a high note, we took a bus to Bled, Slovenia yesterday. The town is situated on a beautiful alpine lake near the Austrian border. For those of you that have seen Band of Brothers, it reminds me of the lake they are stationed on in the series finale. One of my favorite places on the trip.

We are headed back to Venice tonight, then London the next day, then Atlanta after that. Even though we are towards the end of our trip, stay tuned because, as we have learned, you never know what will happen next.

**For some reason I can't post photos under my account, so I've put the Bled photos in under Erica's in the post above.