Stormy Skies over Lake Bled
One of my favorite things about travel and travel blogging is that we’ve now got friends around the world. We met Dalene of Hecktic Travels at the Travel Bloggers Unite Umbria conference in April and when I saw that she and her husband, Pete, were staying in nearby Ljubljana, I suggested we meet up. Two blogging couples with busy schedules sometimes makes that difficult, but we all agreed to meet in Bled for the Bled Days and Bled Night Festival.
And I am so glad that we did! Bled Days and Bled Night is a festival I’ve been wanting to attend for 3 years. (More on the festival coming soon!) We awoke the morning of the festival to rumbling thunder that shook the house and the blackest skies I can recall in a long time. I couldn’t believe it and had we not already had plans to meet Dalene and Pete, we probably wouldn’t have made the 2.5 hour drive to Bled.
About an hour after arriving in Bled, the rain subsided. We met up with Dalene, Pete, and Michael of Go, See, Write for dinner. We settled in to a table on the terrace at Panorama, picking one under the awning just in case the skies opened up again. We laughed over wine and beers while sharing our travel experiences; the conversation flowing with ease as 5 near strangers bonded over a love of travel.
By the time we finished dinner, the dark skies had cleared and the remaining clouds were tinged a golden color as sun finally came out. Tim, Pete, and Michael all began snapping away.
Storm Clouds Begin to Clear over Lake Bled
The Sun Begins to Peak through the Clouds
Tinged with Gold
Swan Dance in a Swirl of Colors
A Ballet of Colors over Lake Bled
Jennifer Dombrowski
Jennifer Dombrowski is a location independent globe trotter and bases herself in Prata di Pordenone, Italy. She works as a social media and innovation strategist in higher education and is a regular contributor on johnnyjet.com. Her website, jdombstravels.com, is the 2012 Destinology Travel Bloggy Best Newcomer award winner. Google+
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We’re Jennifer and Tim and We love adventure and we love wine, so we often try to combine the two! By day, you’ll find us out on some crazy adventure like snorkeling in Iceland in winter, but by night, we’re creatures of comfort. We both work full time, so we bring you practical tips for how anyone can fit travel into their busy lives – just like us! So far, we've visited 43 countries, lived in the United States and Italy, and Tim has lived in Korea. And we do it all while both holding down full time jobs. 
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Jennifer Beal Ostlund
August 3, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Gorgeous pictures!
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Thanks, Jenn! We could not believe how it cleared up and just how gorgeous the sky was.
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Ali
August 5, 2012 at 10:22 pm (UTC 2) Link to this comment
Those photos are so gorgeous! I so want to go to Slovenia. I don’t think I’ve heard one bad thing about it, and your pictures are making me antsy to get there!
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Jennifer Dombrowski Reply:
August 6th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Thanks, Ali! We have really enjoyed every place we’ve been in Slovenia. It’s a great little country!
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