Our plan for today was exactly the same as yesterday, but hopefully with blue skies. But, when we woke it was just as foggy as yesterday so I was worried. Ton looked at the BBC weather and said that the sun was going to come out around noon so we should just relax until then.
Ton took her own advice and relaxed for a while and then got up and made a nice soup to warm us up as it was a little cold this morning. So far we have made it the whole trip without running the heater in François despite almost every day having a high in the low 60’s and a low in the low 50’s. But this morning we were tempted, as it has been damp the last few days and it would be nice to dry things out a bit. Tonight will be a test as the low is supposed to get down to 42.
The BBC was right and about noon the fog began to lift, and we could see signs of blue skies thru the fog. So it was back to the lake for us.
When we arrived at the lake front the skies over the town were blue, but looking towards the island there was still some fog on that end of the lake.
While we were waiting for the fog to completely lift we decided to head to the church in town as it featured prominently in a lot of our pictures. It was a short but steep climb to reach it. But we both liked the art in the interior so it was worth it.
When we left the church we debated whether to climb to the castle on the rock. I consulted Google and it told me it was only 450 meters to the castle from the church, but the elevation change was 150 meters which is almost 500 feet. That led us to pass on that option. We then discussed riding out in the boat to the castle on the lake, but it would have cost €36. So we decided to just repeat yesterdays walk and contrast the views between the foggy day and the sunny day.
The trails around the lake were a lot more lively than yesterday when the majority of hikers were tourists. Today the good weather brought out a lot of local families to join the tourists. There were a lot of 3 generation family groups on the trail. There were fewer fisherman out today than yesterday.
The first half of the walk went quicker than yesterday as we were looking into the sun which made the photographer in the family unhappy, so there were fewer photo opportunities. We reached the halfway point in about 40 minutes.
We stopped in the same coffee shop as yesterday at the halfway point. It was much more crowded than yesterday and instead of sitting inside we opted to sit outside in the sun, and I added french fries to our order of coffee.
The second half of the walk had the right lighting for Ton so we were just as slow as we were yesterday. The views were amazing again, and we kept seeing things today that were invisible yesterday which was fun.
We completed the walk in about 4 hours today including our coffee break and the side trip to the church. But it was another great day and we enjoyed seeing Lake Bled in the sunshine.
As we were walking back to the campground the road leaving town was completely jammed with cars and tour busses. Everyone who had visited for the day was heading home, we were glad that we were staying put for the night.