After the jaw-dropping beauty of Croatia, we were convinced that we’d seen the best that the continent of Europe had to offer. Then came Slovenia.

I’ll be honest; I was ready to scrap this excursion, or at least try to. It was yet another pre-7am start, and I was getting tired. We were now burning the candle at both ends to make up for the first few days where we’d felt like crap, and my stick of wax was starting to run thin (not a dick joke).

However, I’m glad I got on that bus and drove to Lake Bled because it was even more gorgeous than the scenery we’d been chewing on in Croatia.

We’re approaching the end of the trip now, and my telling of the story has taken eight long months, so here are all the pictures.

Once we got back, we had our final meal with our new cruise friends. This was when we learned that, at the specialty restaurants, you can order everything on the menu, and the cost of entry doesn’t change. So that’s what we did.