SWIMMING IN LJUBLJANA AND LAKE BLED - How we survived the heat wave!

HOW WE SURVIVED A HEAT WAVE!

SWIMMING IN LJUBLJANA

From August 1 until August 6 Slovenia was hit by the fourth heat wave this year!
It was the hottest ever! I have only experienced heat like that in Phoenix, Arizona,
Not even in Costa Rica has it been this hot! Apparently, this heat swept in from North Africa!

The temperatures ranged from 34C(93.2F) to 39C (102.2F) on August 6.

So how did we beat the heat?

First we went to the Olympic swimming pool in Ljubljana only 10 minutes drive from our village. It is one of five public pools in the city and it costs 7 Euros for a whole
day and half price after 3 p.m.

     
    Entrance to the pool

 

    Beautiful 50 metre pool and not crowded in the morning!

 

    Lots of chairs, no extra cost.

   

    The main pool is for adults and two small pools for children and babies in the foreground!

    Half of the pool is for leisure swimming while the other half is 4 lanes swimming laps. 

    Here you can clearly see the red ropes marking the lanes for swimming laps.

   

    Altogether a relaxing, refreshing way to beat the heat. There is also a small café on the pool 

    deck which serves drinks and snacks.

   

SWIMMING IN LAKE BLED 

     We decided to go further afield 40 minutes drive to picturesque Bled.  

     Bled - Slovenia’s number one tourist spot

    Another view

    Slovenia is very child friendly.

    An island in the middle of the lake.