Plitvicke Lakes, Croatia

Whilst in Maribor, we caught up with Bianca & Brett, who were passing through Slovenia on a wee break. Had a huge dinner, but still couldn't find Ben the Slovenian national drink, despite it being top of the menu. Mission failed.

So we headed out of Slovenia to Croatia, our first non EU country. We're getting used to the Croatian Kuna which is taking some brain power after the simple Euro. After a short walk around Zagreb, we made for the most famous Croatian national park, Plitvicke. On the way there, we stopped so Ben could chat to a nice young lady who was minding some tanks in Karlovac. He got his fill of (recent) war history even though some of the equipment looked like it had been used in the second world war as well. We also started noticing the shrapnel damage to buildings along the road.

We arrived in Plitvicke and set up camp. Ben achieved instant success with a Croatian National Drink:


The next day we set out to explore the Jezera, as the locals call Lakes. Ben continued to enjoy his game of number plate scrabble ... and in the car park it got really interesting ... there was no Ireland, Turkey, Portugal or Russia but pretty much everything inbetween. Wow.

Joanna managed to drag Ben (while containing her own excitement) off to see the lakes - which rightly deserve their UNESCO status. Here's a few photos from around the park:


Waterfall, was, well, Big. In Croatian a waterfall is a Slap.

Unfortunately there was no swimming allowed, despite the Lakes' pleading with us to jump in. It's been quite hot in Croatia. We're yet to see a cloud or experience a day less than 35C.