Random observations

So far, we have observed that Slovenia is probably not a destination for foodies.  Two of the dinners have been buffets, so you can imagine that the quality wasn't uniformly high, but even the two places where we ate sitdown meals the food was only ok.  I have been surprised that the red wine has been pretty good, particularly the house pinot noir that we had the first night.  The beer of Slovenia is Lasko, and we've tried both the regular and the dark beer.  It pales in comparison to the Czech Republic.

We did have a pizza today in Bled at the Pizzeria Rustika.  It was really, really good.

One of the things about taking a biking trip is that you end up mostly interacting with people in hotels, but you don't as frequently meet other people from the country who rely on tourism.  The people we have met have been very nice, with pleasant dispositions and perfect English.  I've been a little surprised that the people we pass as we ride through the villages usually don't even look over at us.  I might have thought that as a matter of curiosity they might do so.  Most people have rather serious visages as well.  Not jolly and lighthearted.  Of course, I am stereotyping and painting with a way broad brush.  But anyway, that's the observation.

This was a new one for me.  The safe in the room at the hotel, rather than having a self-setting combination that you key in, asks you to swipe a card with a magnetic strip and it will use that to re-open it when you come back.  We had this vision of someone hoovering up that information when the poor unsuspecting tourists swipe their cards to set the combination.  Their possessions would be secure in the safe, but they have just given their credit card information to some hacker.  We have not used the safe at this hotel.

Slovenia seems all about the outdoors - mountains, rivers, etc.  That said, it doesn't seem like a country full of health nuts and exercise devotees.  We have not seen a lot of other riders on the roads, even though it is absolutely a fabulous place to ride.  A lot of smokers.

Anyway, I'll post next on the ride we did today.