Split, Croatia: The Krka Waterfalls National Park
Today we boarded a bus headed for the Krka National Park and had no longer been seated then the Viking representative came on board and said, "I need passengers Mark Love and Kim Love to get off the bus and change to Bus 6; and passengers Dan Reynolds and Sue Reynolds to join them." We wondered what the deal was, but quickly we felt we had been moved from coach to business class. Not only was the bus more modern, the seats bigger with more leg room - and more comfortable - but the guide we had today, "Harry" was so, so entertaining. Thank you Viking for choosing us to balance the buses! The drive was over an hour and our guide had us laughing out loud while teaching us about Croatia the entire trip. Extremely entertaining! The first note of interest was we passed yet another site where "Game of Thrones" was filmed - yesterday at the Walls of Dubrovnik, this had been the site of many famous scenes from the series. Today we drove by Fortress Kliss which in the series is the city/fort of Meereen.....
When we arrived Harry took us to the panoramic overlook and we got our first set of photos. Then he explained how in days gone by men and women got engaged and then married. He needed a volunteer to be his fiance and of course my wife volunteered. It was very entertaining, but even more so knowing that she was MY wife :)
The we set out on our own walk over the board walk around the park to admire the waterfalls and amazing scenery. We had two options.....go 75% around and turn back, or instead of turning back go down 90 steps to the base of the falls, walk a bit, cross a long bridge and then come back up 140 steps. We chose the latter. And let me tell you, that was a steep climb coming back, especially after conquering 500 steps yesterday on the walls of Dubrovnik!
We returned to the starting point and had a brief amount of free time, at which point I translated a sign in Croatian (see short video below) - yes, I am truly amazing :) And then we were taken to a nearby village for a full lunch, compliments of Viking Cruises. It was delicious. Boarded the bus and headed back. An OUTSTANDING day!
Mark Translates Croatian
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