You keep what you kill

What a wonderful place! :-) We will definitely have to come back for a longer vacation, so consider this a fist first scouting mission. A very successful one. My friend Claus and me went for 5 days, from Thursday to Tuesday the first week of September. Apologies for posting this late, but Frankfurt Book Fair and Wooster's injuries got in the way ... . So, Slovenia. We decided to base ourselves in Bled, because it's rather central and has good transport options to various trailheads. Plus, in September the crowds are already gone, so no worries at all. I can imagine that Bled must be horribly overcrowded in July/August, though, and I'd probably stay elsewhere in high season. But for us, it was fine. We stayed in a very nice apartment at Vila Marjetica. Very clean, comfortable, super spacious, nice balcony with mountain view, and super friendly host. Recommended! Bled itself is right on (or around) Lake Bled and offers all you would expect from a major tourist to

I was in such great spirits just 16 days ago. That was before my little furry friend tore his crucial ligaments and meniscus in both hindlegs at the same time. Argh. Nobody knows how he managed to do that, it is certainly another unique achievement by his lordship. But here we are now. First surgery 10 days ago went well, healing is good so far, threads to be removed today. Second surgery to be scheduled hopefully December. But Wooster is already super restless, alas won't be allowed to move too much for the next few months. Plus we live on the fourth floor of an Altbau, no elevator, so a really nice workout three times a day to carry him up and down for business. And it's all totally worth it, he's sooooo cuuuuuute, of course. Even paying through the nose for the surgeries and stuff, I don't really mind that. (4K € for 2x TPLO, in case you're interested. :-/ ) The only thing that really pisses me off that we will have to cancel our long planned trip to NZ in Januar