Romantic Irish Pub?

Among travelers there is a known fact that if you are looking for some fun in any country you can always count on an Irish Pub enhance your experience. Irish Pubs seem to attract clientle who like to have an above average time of things, is friendly to others around them and tend to have more than one drink while hanging out at the pub. These patrons have been prone to outbursts of singing and hugging and will drop some profanity but then apologize afterwards with a ruckious laugh. Generally a happy lot of individuals.

In Lake Bled Slovenia, its seems as if I have discovered a Romantic Irish Pub. Seriously, I am not kidding you! It came highly recommended from our guide book which leads us to believe the author might actually be a nerd, but a funny nerd. (this was not the only incident of nerdom)Anyways, back to the romantic Irish Pub. It was after a good pizza dinner of fresh pizza dough with ham and cheese toppings as our base, that we made our way to the pub.

Outside the crowd indicated we were in for a decent time. As the door creaked open, yes creaked, we could hear it over the very low and romantic music playing, we were faced with 5 couples all sitting quietly at individual tables sipping their cocktails and playing chess and other quiet games. I looked at my friend with a face that asked if we were in the right place. So being adventurous people we took a seat at the only table available. We ordered our Lasko beer, which is always served in a jumbo bottle and sat there staring at each other. Each of us was afraid to talk thinking we might actually disturb the silence. We engaged in a very intellectual conversation while whispering. We did not feel right to laughing or talking about trivial topics in our normal voices.

I could tell by the speed in which my friend drank her gallon beer that it was time to search for new fun. We were not sure if we would be released from this Romanitc venue because the bartender was way too busy talking on her cell phone. We were ready with our money the moment she set down the phone so we could escape the pub. It happened quickly and we were out the door to search for our true Irish Pub environment. Luckily the Devil Bar was right down the road.