Radovljica

This was my favorite place of the trip.

It was a sweet little town, quite old, of course, and well preserved.  The old town had one basic street with a few restaurants and shops and happy people sat and ate ice cream or rode bikes or scooters (kids).

Since it was just a pedestrian area, we had to walk our luggage in:

 We stayed in a very old pension, Gostilna Lectar, and we had what must be the very best room in the place -- at the very top, overlooking the street.

Our room:

Our view:

Once again it was crazy to think that people LIVE in places like this.  The rest of the town was not this old, and had regular roads you could drive on, but was still pretty and looked like a classic small town with a Lidl, a library, some shops and churches, etc.

This town was about 5 miles from Lake Bled, which is arguably the most beautiful spot in Slovenia, perhaps Europe.  So we drove over that first afternoon to get our first glimpse.

It was more built up than we expected -- but I guess when a spot is pretty, everyone wants to come!

We went back to Radovljica for dinner, eating outside in a beautiful spot.  (We liked it so much, we ate there the next night, too!)  Then we had more ice cream and went to bed.