Croatia – Krka

2014  August  —–

Early the next morning (1 August) Len, Michaela, Sara, Irene and Ed headed off to Krka National Park. This beautiful park is renown for its flora and waterfalls. We walked about 2 km, along winding boardwalks and dirt trails, taking in the abundance of small waterfalls, flowers, fish, water snakes, and colorful insects.

One of the most attractive parts of the park is a massive clear pool with high waterfalls at one end that cascades down, teasing the bathers below. This waterfall is part of a series of 17 that is a total of 400 meters in length and 100 meters in width. The total difference in height between the first and the last falls is 47.7 meters. Incredibly beautiful. Thank you, Sara, for insisting that we visit this place.

There is archaeological evidence of Roman ruins, as well as a Franciscan monastery dating back to the 15^th century. Moving ahead in time are the remains of a waterwheel, and more recently, the Hydro power plant. There are ethno presentations showing how to mill wheat, weave bags and smith horseshoes with gift shops nearby.

The remaining 3 hours to Dubrovnik was uneventful, except for the interesting road signs. One depicting that tractors are allowed on the bridge and another saying to beware of wild pigs crossing.

There were also about15-20 tunnels we drove through and lots of bridges to cross over valleys and bodies of water. We had to pass through Bosnia to get to Dubrovnik. I am not sure why. It was very bizarre. The guy in the booth took our passports, counted them, counted us in the car and waved us through. No stamp, no have a nice day, nothing.