First time at Lake Bled in December
Lake Bled · Bled, Slovenia
I came in December because my flight schedule said so and ended up with a version of Bled I think I prefer.
The lake at night holds everything twice. The castle floodlit on its cliff doubles in the water; the Parish Church of St. Martin on the north shore doubles too; the string lights wrapped around bare trees along the promenade make the whole shoreline read like a slow-moving constellation. I walked the lake counter-clockwise from Mlino in just under two hours, gloves on, hood up, mostly alone past 6pm.
The Advent market near Festival Hall is small but real — mulled wine in proper glass mugs, grilled sausages, a handful of stalls selling Slovenian honey and beeswax candles. Locals outnumbered tourists by my rough count.
