This morning was another bright sunny morning in Radovljica. We were up on the rooftop terrace after breakfast to catch up on some emails etc before heading off for a walk. The number of voices and noise coming from below was too much and we had to check out what it was all about. There was a 28 km bike race on plus another bike ride for the older members of the community on their old bikes and in period costume. Yvonne couldn't resist and had to go down for a photo shoot. About 100 photos later we have a full record (to be culled later). Some of the older men looked so cute in their outfits. One lady rode in with a basket full of flowers behind her. Others had their handbags, long dresses and hats. One old man had a fully wooden penny farthing bike. Another little boy was riding a wooden bike with only rubber tyres. Fascinating. After the race and riding was over they all sat down in the square to lunch – brought in by caterers.
At 11.30 am we decided we had better start our walk. We had intended just going down the valley but ended up walking along the river to Bled. It was a very pleasant walk under lots of shade.
The remainder of the afternoon was spent chatting to an English couple we met walking and watching Slovenia getting excited with the soccer.
Well this afternoon Slovenia won its first ever match at the World Cup. They are very excited. It is now a major risk crossing the road as they demonstrate their excitement whilst driving.
We then had just one last walk around town as Australia was getting thoroughly flogged by Germany. Language difficulties meant we were diplomatic in fessing up our nationality and thankfully, like Slovenia, expectations about winning chances were low. Off to Croatia tomorrow.
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