We awoke to a light but steady drizzle in Bled.  We got underway as usual at about 9:00 headed for the train station in Bohinjska Bistrica.  Our original plan was to catch the train before lunch.  However the train with the bicycle car was not available until 1:25.  So we rode to Bohinjska Bistrica where most of us added a few extra kilometers with a nice ride over to the picturesque lake of Bohinjsko Jezero.  

After lunch at the local super market we headed for the train station and our trip through the mountains to the Soca river valley.  The railway trip was an experience in itself.  The track was laid in 1903, I believe.  It doesn’t look like a lot has changed since then.  Complete with a conductor with his head and red flag out the window to communicate with the engine.

After our train ride it was a quick 20k to our hotel on the outskirts of the historic town of Kobarid.  Some busy local roads, but mostly idyllic lanes that wound through one tiny little village after another.

Tomorrow only 10k to the Italian border.