Here we are bac on the Adriatic staying in a hotel full of retired Norwegians intent on having a good time. thez are all up and dancing Blueberry Hill as I write this blog in their midst. Yesterday was spent in a very quiet Zagreb as it was a public holiday for Croatian Independence Day. Z has a beuatiful old town but the burbs were pretty uninspiring and our hotel was in the burbs. My mother will be pleased to know that I visited no less than five Catholic churches in one day- all were very ornate inside with heaps of wall paintings and marble and gilt everywhere. Here the nuns still dress as they did in the sixties in Australia. Actually a lot Croatia is sixtyish or seventyish.
Today was spent doing a three hour walk through the Plitivice National Park which was incredibly beautiful. It has 16 lakes which descend down the mountain with each one cascading into the next via waterfalls. The water was a deep emerald green ,crystal clear and full of large trout and fat ducks though no other wildlfe was spotted despite the advice to look out for wolves and bears- too many tourist. All the foliage is in brilliant Autumn colours and the leaves were drifitng onto us but the weather has been warm and sunny. Here in Biograd which is a fishing and holiday. yachting resort it is really balmy. tomolrrow we visit Zadar and Trogir which have historical treasures evidently and then finish our tour in Split. It will be my third time in Split so lucky it is a lovely old town. We fly to Dubai on Sunday via Vinna for several hours. Until next time —-
It all sounds very beeeutiful indeed Terri. I’ll have to Google Plitivice , it sounds lovely.