maandag 31 augustus 2015

The mermaid lakes of Croatia

As a little girl, my mom taught me about mermaids. she told me that: when the sea is so clear bleu you can see all the fish swim, when the sea is so clear you can see the bottom, when the sea is so clean there's no trash to be found, when the sea is so blue that you get hypnotized by it. then mermaids might be near by.

 ' If i was a mermaid i'd live in Plitvice.'

Today i went to the Plitvice lakes (also known as Plitvička jezera). This park is so magical, a day is by far not enough to explore it's beauty.
Plitvice has hundreds of secret waterfalls streaming everywhere. the water is so clean you can drink from the water, of course i did 'so now i have a little mermaid water in me.
The lakes change colors from green to blue. The park is so big you can get lost for weeks without getting bored, the park has a total of 300 km2 space. Plitvice has over a 100 sorts of beautiful butterflies, flowers, snakes, beavers, fish and brown bears. 
i wish i could hike longer than just a day in this mythical mermaid park. 


















































































This summer i have been traveling in Croatia. I went to the national park Plitvice (protected by the Unesco). Plitvice (Lika-Senj) it is a 6 hour drive from the state Poreč where i'm staying. Luckily my campsite has all kinds of excursions. Also a trip to the Plitvice park , so the only thing i had to do was: get on time in the bus. We had an amazing tour guide his name is Adrian. He knows so much about the history of Croatia. It was very entertaining and interesting, a 6 hour drive isn't boring at all when he sits next to you. when we arrived in the park. we've been walking for 5 hours we saw hundreds of fish and butterflies and of course waterfalls! 

























This is true beauty. thank you Idunn norse goddess of youth, beauty and nature, thank you Njord god of the water. thank you Havsrå protectors of the water.

How are your holidays?

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