Antonio is the Duke of all tour guides! His enthusiasm and mastery of the history of both Croatia and Slovenia was unparalleled. He spoke with a loud and clear voice and always invited questions. He picked up my friend and I at 8:30, right on the dot, in front of the Metrological Clock. It was really just the two of us, as we did the tour during the off-season (Feb). Antonio did pick up two colleagues later, tour guides in training as I understood.
Our first stop was in chilly Ljubljana, where he went through a bit of the history and pointed out some points of interest (including a delicious lunch spot), and we had a bit of time on our own to walk around. We felt that the amount of time was short, but still enough as it is a small city.
From there we went to Bled Castle, which was the highlight for me. It was quite empty because of the season, and thus enjoyable to move about unencumbered. The honey tasting was great, but for me I almost cried when I went to the workshop to see a replica Gutenberg Press! Oleg (I think was his name) showed me how it works and I printed a little souvenir to bring home with me.
Unfortunately when we went to the lake, there were no boats operating to take us to the little island. Instead he gave us a bit of free time to walk around. Not a lot to see, but it was relaxing nonetheless.
We headed home and I was back in my AirBnB by about 18:00.