Thursday 26 September
Limited wi-fi here.
Left early - 8.00 a.m. Mist high up on the mountains today.
Lovely countryside.
Nice coffee at a very pleasant café at Gračac - at 14 or 16 kunas for two coffees (generally), it's cheap (= approx. $A3) - and broke up the longer drive this morning (200 kms).
Bought a delicious warm filo pastry & cheese burek to have on the way, which we did, while looking out over a view further on. Yum!
Super day today! Lots of rural sights:
Visited Krka NP - amaaaaazing. Beautiful lakes & waterfalls. Roški Slap first which was lovely and quiet and where we got good info. for the park. Walked to the main falls here and then a 30 minute walk around a series of cascades. Have to say this park is good - has excellent boardwalks and interpretive displays (in English!).
Got a "fix" on My Friend's snake from yesterday: horned-nose viper (poisonous apparently).
Then drove on a spot for views over the island Visovac with its Franciscan monastery. It was about 1 p.m. and we really didn't have any lunch with us, but I did have some stale bread from 2 days ago plus a bottle of olive oil from dinner the other night at the agri-turismo plus a big tomato. Made an excellent picnic with the view out to the monastery. A bit "loaves & fishes" ....
Drove onto to Skradin where we are staying the night. Apparently a bit of a "fave" with Bill Gates and you can see why. Lovely port, narrow cobbled streets, very picturesque.
We walked up to the fortress with its stunning views of the town and the port.
Park entry included boat trip to Skradinsky Buk (the waterfalls which are highlight of the park).
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