A Long Day to Ljubljana

Well, the weather looked alright while we had breakfast in the Al Larin in Cortina, but by the time we'd knitted up & we're ready to hop on the bike......,

 

We waited for 20 mins or so, but decided it probably wasn't going to improve much & we had to get going. It was hissing down & this coupled with several runs around the middle of Cortina looking for the route out SR48 (Italian signage does leave something to the imagination) didn't improve my mood much! ☹️

A viciously narrow, steep, tortuous climb on a poor road surface in torrential rain. I actually quite enjoyed it 😜. It helped that our kit was, by and large, keeping us dry & the bike dealt with it all without issue. So up & over the Passo Tre Croci (1800+ m) and a long descent before continuing on the tricky, but satisfying SS52, via Forni to Tolmezzo. The weather was getting a little kinder too, so we decided to stop after having a half hour rainless period. A lovely roadside restaurant near to Ampezzo:

 

The veg soup was just what we needed. 

Picking up the A12 autovia to Trovisio helped make up some time & we stopped there briefly at a Spa S/mkt to pickup a few bits. 

Then it was in to Slovenia & the run to Ljubljana via the Kranjska Gora ski area & passed Lake Bled. We'd done this run before; a few years ago on the Blackbird. 

 

 We dropped onto the motorway for the final run into Ljubljana. Bought a Vinjet at the first services. Managed to locate the apartment (Flat Peterka, 147 Celovska Cesta) at first attempt, despite it being in a large flat complex built by Tito's lot in 1967!

Nice apartment though (AirBnB). 

 

  

 

After a quick shake down & eating some food that had kindly been prepared for us (Cold meat, cheese, toms, bread, etc) we walked to Kino Sisko (Cultural Centre) for a couple of beers. Sat outside and soaked up the atmosphere.