Dad came in to get us up at 7:30am today. Man, I really resisted this time! I was the last one up. We had the usual German fare for breakfast. Then we packed up the car and headed for Slovenia.
The day was pretty uneventful. We drove about 4 hours to Bled, Slovenia. In Bled, we had lunch at the same Chinese restaurant that we ate at last summer. I had the same food allergy as last year too, lol, where pressure builds up in my sinus cavities. It's a really weird feeling, and can get very uncomfortable if it gets bad enough. Stupid Chinese food! There is some spice they use that causes it, but I have no idea what, and it happens more often in European Chinese restaurants than American ones. The food was still delicious though!
After lunch, Dad insisted on finding an internet café. While he did his email, Baerbel walked to a cathedral by the lake. We had our first movie moment on the trip here by Lake Bled. While we sat on a bench surrounded by one of the most picturesque places I've been in the entire world, a man nearby played classical music on an accordion. It felt like a scene straight out of a movie!
After awhile, Davin, Jona, and I decided to go the opposite direction of Baerbel so we could check out the nearby Roddelbahn. I decided it was too expensive to ride only once (price per ride was reduced the more rides you purchased at one time), and that was all we had time for, so we turned back. At 3:30pm, we met up with Baerbel and Dad back in town, and we headed back to the car.
Then we drove the rest of the way to our rural Slovenian apartment. It was so rural that Dad became worried we were lost, but we weren’t. Baerbel kept asking for directions and the locals kept pointing out the way for us. In the end, we found it with no problems.
Then we had to unpack the car and settle in for the week. While unpacking, we discovered that we had internet! Dad finished checking his email. Then I checked mine.
After a dinner of Wienerle, I went back online and wrote two daily journal entries while talking to Scott on AIM. I miss him soooo much!! Davin, Jona, and I also watched Solitary, a German game show where people are locked in solitary confinement with no human contact and must compete in games to avoid getting eliminated. It was a pretty amusing show. Now it’s time to log off and play a game with my brothers before going to bed.
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