Krka National Park, Croatia

We began the day with breakfast in the hotel.   Check out was at 10, so  we had to get moving a little earlier than we had been. I had Muesli with pourable yogurt and Lonnie had corn flakes.  The choices were very limited. But, one can't complain considering the accommodations and the price. We checked out promptly at 10, then went to purchase our park tickets.  They provided a shuttle to the bottom of the mountain, where we entered the main park area. 

Words cannot describe the beauty that God has placed here. We began walking on the boardwalk and oohed and ahhed at every turn.

I have to say that when I mentioned coming to Croatia,  Lonnie was less than enthusiastic.  It was much like when I mentioned going to Eastern Europe several years ago.  Once we were in Czech Republic,  it became one of his favorite places.  Today,  in Krka, he said it was the most beautiful place he has ever seen.  I have to admit that it was very beautiful.  You can almost imagine it as the garden of Eden. . .waterfalls every where you look and lush vegetation. We could not have imagined the beauty here. 

We got back late, so we decided to spend another night at the same hotel.  The parking lot looked empty so we didn't think it would be a problem.  When we told the man who speaks little English that  we would like a room for another night, he  told us they were totally booked. We were going to leave,  but the man asked how we would pay.  When we told him cash, a room magically appeared. Not really sure what the difference was, but we ended up in a 1 bedroom,  1 1/2 bath "apartment".  It turns out that the hotel was definitely booked with one or two bus loads of kids (probably about 4th through 6th graders) on a field trip to their national park.  Since we knew the hotel was booked, we decided to eat there. We had gone driving to see more of the park (to the top of a mountain and back down - on mountain roads,  of course) so we got back late and thought the hotel would probably have a great selection.  What we didn't know was that they only fix one meal,  whether it's what you want or not.  It was a lot of fried food instead of the traditional grilled food we had been having,  so we didn't do well with it.

It was a 4-course meal, though,  so if we were still into fried foods it would have been great!

After the meal, we retired to our room and actually went to bed before midnight!

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