Croatia!!!

Just a while ago I visited a country that I had honestly never heard of until coming to Europe. Croatia is becoming a hot spot for tourists here in Europe, but I was lucky enough to travel there before it becomes more touristy.

We took an overnight ferry from Ancona, Italy to Split, Croatia. It was quite nice, but the ferry was rocking. Sleep didn’t come easy that night. Our first sight of Croatia was the beautiful clear blue water…and rain! All morning in Split it rained! I packed an umbrella, but my two traveling buddies didn’t. So after they bought some we were able to walk around. The Diocletian’s Palace was great with its walls, ruins and underground mazes. That afternoon we took a ferry to Brac Island. I got an amazing view of the mainland and the large island. After docking we walked through the small town of Supetar. It was so picturesque and quite there! Some of the old houses were a little run down but had so much character! Later we played on the pebble beach. I have never seen anything like this! The water was blue, teal, clear and so beautiful! For lunch I had a tuna steak while overlooking the ocean.

The next day was a long one, but wonderful nonetheless. I woke up at 4am to be ready to catch the 6am bus to the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The bus ride was 6 hours!...but the view was awesome as we rode along the coast for a long time. Upon arriving (we really didn’t know what stop to get off at) I found out that we were a 4km walk from the place we were staying. Luckily the guy who we are renting a room from was able to get us. He was a nice old man…but his place was only worth the 15 euros we paid. That afternoon we went out for our adventure at the lakes. We spent about 6 hours just walking along the paths at the lakes. A bus took us to the top lake and we started walking from there. The path was mainly wood planks that weaved through countless waterfalls of numerous sizes. The lakes they filled were blue, green and teal. The nature here was so beautiful and peaceful. I absolutely loved it here! At some points the small waterfalls overflowed onto the walkway. I climbed many steps to peak into a cave and to get a bird’s eye view of the lakes.

The next morning the nice old man made us breakfast and took us to the bus stop. After another 6 hour bus ride we were back in Split for the evening. We ate a nice dinner (7.2 kuna = 1 euro) and finished in time to catch our over night ferry back.

I really like this country and all it’s diversities!