Croatia Part II: Plitvice National Park

On our second day in Croatia, we rented a car and drove from Split to Plitvice National Park for the day. Although it is a 3-hour drive from Split (in a foreign country where we can’t read the language, minor detail), we decided to still make the trip out because Matt was pretty much obsessed with visiting it. I’ll admit, I had seen a few photos of the park on Pinterest and other sites on the Internet, and it really does look stunning. But I was prepared to be underwhelmed because in my experience, a lot of those photos (most likely drastically edited) make even beautiful places look about a hundred times better than what they look like in reality. But wow, was I surprised. This park is definitely one of the most stunning and truly awesome places I have ever been to. It really takes your breath away. Around every corner, there is another gorgeous lake or waterfall, even more impressive than the last. The water was insanely clear. I bet if you poured it into a glass, it would look like tap water. It is also really cool that you can basically walk right over the falls (I love Europe and their lack of rules!). Although, some of the walkways over the water were pretty narrow and the pushy Italian tourists made me extremely nervous haha. I think too many times in the U.S., thanks to everyone suing everyone else for every little thing, we don’t have the opportunity to get up and close with things if there is even the slightest perceived risk. That’s not true in most of Europe, as I have found. And you really benefit from it. Matt was our photographer for most of the day, and I think he did a really great job of capturing the beauty of it all.

And to think, we almost didn’t go because the forecast called for rain all day. It did sprinkle for a majority of the time, but it wasn’t a big deal and everything still looked spectacular. I am really glad that Matt forced strongly encouraged us to visit Plitvice. It was definitely one of the highlights of a trip with many beautiful sights.

Bis bald,
Matt and Kristin