Croatia

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I thought I would share my photography of food from my time in Croatia where I went this summer.

 

 





Amy x

Weather Struck!

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I woke up to thunder and lightning as well as the pouring rain. When I went to turn a light on I was informed, by my sister, that there was no power which made us worry about whether we would be able to get back into our rooms once we had left to eat breakfast.

Once the weather had cleared we went down to the pool side to swim and relax. Everyone but mum entered the pool via slide although everyone had a ride on the slide, some more than once. While in the pool everyone excluding myself participated in ‘penalty shootout’ where my mum managed to score 5 points while Nicola didn’t score any points. However, dad scored 25 points and ended up winning the over 12 game so he would collect his prize on live stage, but unfortunately dad was unable to go due to us having dinner at a hotel restaurant. We also spent time in the sea so we were able to try my new snorkelling equipment.

We had dinner earlier than usual, 6pm as it was our special tapas meal. It started with a cheese and ham board followed by tomato soup which my sister obviously loved. I enjoyed the soup as well which is a compliment to the chef as I normally don’t like tomato soup. After this was beef pasta, mushroom pasta and vegetable balls, again compliments to the chef as my sister loved these and it is usually difficult to get her to eat vegetables other than carrots and potatoes. We then enjoyed our mains of beef which was cooked wonderfully and served with just the right amount of sauce. Finally, dessert which was a lovely crumbled chocolate brownie with ice cream.

 

After this we ended the day with a cocktail and returning to the room just before it thundered and rained again for a games night.

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Amy x

Natural wonders of Plitvice lakes

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We started off this day early in the morning as we had to be outside of our hotel reception by 8 am. A mini-bus picked us and another family up and took us to somewhere in Labin where we met the coach that took us to the Plitvice lakes.

The coach took about 3 hours, stopping after an hour at a petrol station for food, drink and toilet. I had some watermelon with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Throughout this journey our tour guide, Miko, spoke about Croatia as well as things we were seeing. Croatia is made of 3 parts which are the coast, the mountains and the flat areas. The speaker also talked about the economy and how it was made up of 2 companies, one of which was ‘HS Products’ that actually supplies American FBI with hand held guns known as HS2000.

These lakes were founded in 949 and they are the biggest national park in Croatia that stretches to cover 2 regions (91%/9%) which are state owned. The lakes that we visited covered less than 1% of the Plitvice. These lakes have at least 17,000 visitors regularly and over 1 million in a year.

Our route to explore the Plitvice lakes started at entrance 1 where the coach dropped us off and ended at entrance 2 where it picked us up. We first explored the lower lakes which were a beautiful turquoise colour and the water was amazingly clear so we could see the bottom of the lake as well as the fishes including pike. This section ended by travelling to the upper lakes via boat. However, not before filling our water bottles with the tap of fresh water available. Through this walk around these lovely lakes we saw many wonderful waterfall’s.

Once across the large lake via boat dad got food out for us to eat along the way which made us behind everyone in our tour. It was funny because once Nicola and I had reached the group, the tour guide started walking behind us like we were the end of the group forgetting about mum and dad. Luckily the path was in one direction so they were able to catch up. Hazel (Mum) and I didn’t like the upper lakes as much as the lower ones as they were a dark green colour which therefore meant that the water wasn’t very clear. However, this walk did lead to a massive waterfall that looked spectacular.

After viewing the upper lakes, we travelled via boat to an area with toilets and shops where we walked from towards entrance 2 car park as the coach was there. It was funny because when we stopped close to the entrance the tour guide looked at me and ask ‘it’s just your parents we are waiting for?’ I actually couldn’t answer where they were because as far as I knew they were just behind me. Anyway, we all made it to the coach and then off we went to the restaurant for food.

The restaurant appeared to have its own unique style that was lovely. I had coke to drink which was nice to get some sugar into my body after a long day. To start with we were served beef soup which was like minestrone soup containing beef and noodles. This was followed by pork in a creamy mushroom sauce along with potatoes and vegetables. To finish we were served pancakes with cheese inside and cherry jam on top which apparently was unexspectly very nice. However, I wouldn’t know as I had pancakes with apricot jam due to not being able to eat cheese. Overall the set meal was lovely especially the dessert.

Once finished at the restaurant we had 2 hours and 20 minutes to get to where our mini-bus was parked. It was quite funny because our tour guide forgot about our stop, but luckily the driver knew what he was doing.

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Hope you enjoyed it

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Amy x