We're in paradise! The journey from Kerry to Bled was arduous to say the least, it took a 5 hour drive on Wednesday to get to Dublin, and after getting up before 5am on Thursday, it took 3 taxi rides, 2 planes and 2 trains to get us to our destination, but here we are. The place is stunning, and the weather is good, much nicer than was forecast.
The wedding will be tomorrow (Saturday), and everyone is really looking forward to it. The kids are getting more excited by the minute. After getting a gondola to cross the lake to the island and back, they were invited by the bride to come up to the castle in their horse-drawn carriage. How could you top that?
The place is absolute perfect for running. The loop around the lake is half on asphalt and half on dirt road, shaded by trees, and almost completely flat. I couldn't resist yesterday and did one loop after arriving, and did 4 loops this morning before breakfast. And if you want hill repeats, you have a 360 degree choice of freedom, because the whole place is surrounded by hills and/or mountains. Wow!
I told Niamh I want to stay here. She's not entirey convinced.
30 May: 17 miles, 2:17:44, 8:06 pace, avg. HR 149
31 May: 4.2 miles, ~34:30 (1 loop and a bit more)
1 Jun: 14.8 miles, 1:55:20 (4 loops)
Good lord, that sounds fantastic! Luck of the Irish, indeed.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy--with the perfect running included, it sounds like a fairy tale!
A beautiful lake, a castle, mountains, gondolas, and horse drawn carriages - it sounds very pleasant indeed.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your stay!
It sounds divine!
ReplyDeletewow
ReplyDeleteI wanna come! Sounds perfectly wonderful. Enjoy yourself!
ReplyDeleteThe picture looks stunning. I am seriously jealous. It looks like paradise to me and good running to boot. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteEric says it perfectly, you are one lucky Irishman! Enjoy your holiday in paridise.
ReplyDeleteach, i miss my european weddings. american ones are so lame-ass in comparison. they just don't have beautiful centuries-old churches and castles here.
ReplyDeletevery jealous.
Enjoy!
Very nice, this place looks fantastic. Enjoy the running there while you can (that is if Niamh manages to get you back on a plane to Ireland).
ReplyDeleteThomas, I've been wondering, are you a Rugby fan at all? How are the Irish going to go at the World Cup?
My, yes, take us all!
ReplyDeleteMore photos Thomas?
ReplyDeletewe'll forgive you if we don't hear from you again for a couple weeks. running in a place like that - maybe even your family would forgive you if they don't hear from you in a couple weeks. :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful place indeed to run...some pictures would be nice...
ReplyDeleteLucky Irishman...looks perfect. Stunning!
ReplyDeleteThomas,
ReplyDeleteI hope the wedding went well and that you had an opportunity to run in the Mountains that surround the area. Looks like you will need to post some more pictures due to popular demand.
I've been seriously behind on my bloglines due to a running problem. I'm about to take care of that problem soon so I can back off on my training some.
Hope you all made it back home safely. That is if you decided to leave paradise.
Eric
I had to do some research, Slovenia, wow! It's no wonder you had to use every form of transportation twice to get there. The photos I've been pulling up look fantastic, you're very, very lucky!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place for a wedding. I trust you enjoyed yourself over the weekend. Sounds perfect for a summer get-away.
ReplyDeleteits going to be hard to come back home!!! sound like a lovely place
ReplyDeleteI am 100% jealous! You'd better post more photos of your trip when you get back. Hope you have a great time!
ReplyDeleteDid you fall into the lake????
ReplyDeleteThomas,
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the run and the wedding....