Bled

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Wednesday 7 March 2012

Islanders


Before being called Margaret Island, it was Rabbit Island-though I have never seen rabbits there, only runners- when you need to get out of somewhere real quick, running perhaps, Hungarians say you put on your rabbit shoes. There's also ducks, squirrels and ferrets- these last specimens can sometimes be seen roaming majestically (under the loving eyes of their owners) on the ruins of the Dominican monastery that served as a home to the young lady who gave her name to the island, Margaret, daughter of King Bela IV.

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