Home to one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Europe.
On a random note, we got to experience how small the world really is. We met a cute couple wearing Villanova shirts who were also headed to Plitvice. We introduced ourselves and explained that we lived in Philly - everyone started laughing, how often does something like this happen?
When we arrived at Plitvice we were given a student discount when we showed the ticket sellers our college IDs. This is definitely a great way to save money when traveling as a college student!
The first thing we did when we got through was head to a boat ride. We heard this would be the best way to explore the park and decided to follow that suggestion. On the way we stopped to take pictures of the mini little waterfalls.
When we arrived at the ferry line it was so long. It took us thirty minutes to finally get on a boat. We utilized that time to eat our lunch, which consisted of peanut butter and jelly.
This was a delicacy because Croatian supermarkets don't sell peanut butter. We brought a ginormous jar with us from America that we were all eating by the spoonful! My grandmother in Zadar started yelling at us because she wanted us to save the majority for her since she never gets to eat the stuff. It was so funny!
When we finally got on a ferry Sarah wasn't feeling well and the view was disappointing...
The only thing we saw was the water the boat was riding on. It was just a lake. What the heck?!
We decided to walk back where we came from and explore some caves.
The most exciting thing about the caves were the steps leading up to it. They alternated the height for each foot making it really fun to climb up. Otherwise it wasn't really all that spectacular. Honestly I think the Grand Canyon was a million times cooler. Plitvices caves really didn't have that much exploring to be done.
The best part was when Sarah and Kyleen were racing me to the exit and took a shortcut by climbing over some steep branches - I still was able to reach them before exiting the cave area even after taking the long route. The tourists must have thought we were crazy laughing girls as we ran through the park panting and out of breath!
We then walked to what was supposed to be the huge ordeal, the reason we came to this park at all, the veliki slap or big waterfall was the next thing we waited in line for.
Honestly, this "big waterfall" looked like a freshman in comparison to a senior when you look at Niagra Falls. We were definitely disappointed by the amount of water coming off the cliff. The cliff however was a reasonable size drop-off.
Obviously we got completely lost and actually ended up on a road at one point that was not connected to the park at all. We were hoping that seeing a road would be a rescue sign, like in those survivor shows or something. Yea, totally not the case.
We decided it would be best to just walk right back where we came from. We passed an overnight camp and joked about having to camp the night. (Although we shouldn't have because it was a little too close to what may have needed to happen!)
On our way up to finding our own path we caught this cool shot.
We got back to the bus stop and bought some water because we needed to stay hydrated. We were back on the bus by 5pm utterly exhausted by the amount of walking we did. We each had our own rows and the bus had wi-fi. It was a chill ride back.
Catch you later Plitvice! Next stop...
Zadar
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