Krka & Split

Today, we put on our swimsuit and walked to the car. We drove through the Mediterranean scrub like we did in Cape Town and Santa Barbará to a tiny town on the sores of a lake. In the lake, there were many boats. The boats were to take us across the lake to Krka National Park. We caught the 3rd one to the boardwalk to the waterfalls. We had to pay to get on the trail, and for the bathroom, wich Sam had to use. The waterfalls were touristy, but beautiful.

 

 

 

The water was clear, so we could see all the fish. There were thousands and thousands of fish!

 

There is a frog in the picture.

Then, we swam in the pond below the waterfall. The water was shallow in some parts, but deep in others. In the lake, there were many islets with bushes and trees on them. One of the most far out islands had a colony of ants living on it. There were also spiders there too. The ants there were trapped there and the island was all they would ever see.

Playing near the islands.

 

 

On one of the right offshore islands.

We had some yummy pancakes that we saw being made before our eyes. On our boat back to the village, we saw a couple swans.

 

 

For lunch we ate at a restraunt with toys. The streets down that town were amazing.

Then, we drove back down to Split. In split, we left Clara and walked to the palace. In the palace, there was a cathedral and a temple for Jupiter. I wonder why they encourage two religions there. I wonder witch one the person who built it was.

The Cathedral

Jupiters temple (I expected a picture of a planet).

We walked back through the palace to a resturaunt where we got ice cream. We also got Clara. Clara went to get her picture taken with gladiators. Then, she took Sam and I to get our picture taken with Gladiators.

Our pictures with Gladiators

Sam wanted to buy a soccer scarf like the locals wore to the soccer game, so we went to the store that sold them. A stray cat had given birth to a litter of kittens under the store's floor. The shopkeeper looked after the kittens and so did the mother.

One of the kittens.

We walked to a seafood resturaunt. I got peach juice and Sam got grape juice. Sam looked like he was drinking wine.

After dinner, we played with the kids in the courtyard.they all spoke Croatian except one kid, whom we used as a translator.

The child with the black and yellow striped shirt was our translator.

As we were walking through a plaza, we saw a place where there were trays of milk, water, and cat food. There were 8 stray cats there and more were coming. People were feeding them this food. One family gave us some of their cat treats to share feeding time with. A girl broght a cat ballon to the spot.

The cats.