(8,409 km)
\nWe know we're not fast in the mornings, but we were blown away by our dutch\nneighbours who were on their bikes well before 7.30am. That said, we did still\nhave a record-breaking early departure for our European leg at least! 8.44am\nwe were on our way, 8.45am Komoot had put us on a horrible gravel road, 8.46am\nI was having a tantrum ;)
\nOnce off the horrible gravel, the route was pretty good. A bit of up but a lot\nof down, much of it on lovely tarmac with sweeping hairpins. Some beautiful\nriding through typical Slovenian meadows, resplendent with wildflowers and\nalive with insects. The final chunk from Vrhnika to Ljubljana is a bit dull,\nand the cycle path (which is a national route, the D-1) comes and goes, with\nlarge sections of gravel...so that was less fun, but still ok.
\nWe're staying at the Ljubljana resort, which is massive, but fine (edit: until\nyou coincide with the pool party...check their Facebook page!) We have some\nnice British neighbours who gave us digestive biscuits! We'd shopped at Hofer\n(Austrian Aldi) on the way in, but there's also a Tus less than a kilometre\naway. Now for two days off, hooray!
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