We had a decision to make last night about where to go next. We had pretty much wrapped up the places we wanted to see in Italy. A quick calculation showed that we had about 12 more days to check things out before we want to be back in Amsterdam. We spent a couple of hours looking at itineraries and weather forecasts and landed on Lake Bled in Slovenia as our next stop. It by many accounts has the best fall colors in Europe so we are excited.
That meant a roughly 700 kilometer dash in shaky weather. There is a big front passing thru Europe for the next three days and while it looked like we could get a long drive in today before it hit, we may end up stuck for a couple of days after that.
We picked a place a little less than half way to Lake Bled because it had great reviews on Park4night our go to app. The drive went off smoothly but right before we exited the freeway Ton realized this might be our last shopping day in Italy so I promised I would stop if we saw a grocery. Right after we paid our toll there was a COOP super center so we went in there. Ton and I spent the next hour scooping up some of our favorite Italian foods to consume and a few things to take home with us. The end result was the biggest grocery bill since Costco in Paris, and a fridge stuffed with food.
The campground had incredible reviews but it turns out to be basically someones really nice backyard with a view of the Po River. The owner is really nice and the other two couples staying here seem to be enjoying themselves fishing in the rain. So even if we are stuck because of the weather we will have a nice view.