Mini Triathlon

Our day of “rest” was in Bohinji, an odd town that wasn’t quite a town. We spent the morning walking and wandering around and the most interesting things were a lovely little park and a train station that evoked the old country European train stations mythologized in movies and books. 

 

We got back on our bikes and discovered a perfect bike path along the river, smooth, newly-created and well-cared for. Biking alongside a river is a special kind of pleasure, that sense of both of you moving forward, one with gurgling, bubbling water and the other with whirring wheels. We had no destination—my favorite kind of travel— but were vaguely looking for a bridge to decide when to turn around and head back. Finally found one that put us on the highway with a two-inch shoulder and off we went, hoping to find a parallel bike path on the other side of the river. Never did find it and just kept on with cars and trucks whizzing by. We found our way back to the train station, where I had a mega-size chicken burger for 7 Euros. Some prices here in Slovenia are astonishingly cheap— hard liquor drinks (vodka, rum, whiskey, etc., all of which I don’t drink) for 2.50 Euros, same for ice cream, beer for 4 Euros and today entered a bakery to find a large round of bread that Tartinne charges $15 for for E2.90. But most dinner seem to be around 16 Euros—not extravagant, but not that cheap. 

After lunch, we went to the hotel swimming pool, which was actually an aqua park of sorts with an enormous circular pool with islands and currents and little caves and bubbly places. Though I’d just relax and read my book, but the intolerable disco music from the speaker behind me nixed that plan. But I did swim and spend some time in the somewhat tepid hot tub. At any rate, walking, biking, swimming— it was a good mini-triathlon day. 

 

After a convivial dinner of mushroom soup and buckwheat ravioli, it was time to pack up for tomorrow’s ride. So ended Day 2.

 

PS All of this would be better with accompanying photos, but strangely, Blogspot isn’t letting my access my photos. Sorry!