Departure at 9 AM this morning for Krka, which is another National Park very similar to Plitvice Lakes with countless waterfalls and plenty of lakes with magical colours!
I am sorry that I don't have anything new to present you today, everything in Krka was highly similar to what we've seen in Plitvice but hopefully you will forgive me. 5 minutes after arriving in Krka I already thought it was worth my money so obviously I had lots of fun, which is what matters right?
Ok I will stop talking about it and actually show you what it looked like!
I paid for a boat ride that had two stops in different parts of the park. The boat ride was lots of fun because we went through a canyon!
I asked someone to take a picture of me hoping she would put the canyon in the background but she didn't... oh well!
We stopped on one island called Visovak where there is a Franciscan monastery. The island is not very big (162 meters by 100 if I remember properly). There are 3 monks that live and take care of the island as well as 8 novices. Visovak was first populated by Augustinian monks in the 14th century. They fled due to the Turkish invasions and later on, the Franciscans took over. The island used to be made of rocks only but the monks brought soil from the continent and today it is beautiful with big trees, a monastery and a museum.
On the boat, I noticed I was sitting next to a guy who had a Canada flag on his cap, so I said "Canada?" and he answered "yes" (in French) in one of the rudest tone I have ever heard. Since I was already started I said "oh me too" and he didn't say anything, so obviously he wasn't looking to strike up a conversation with me therefore I did what I should have done at first, I shut up!
However, someone else heard me mention that I was from Canada and later on he approached me and he said (in French, he was from France): "My wife is from Vimy!" I must admit that I really had no clue whatsoever why he was giving me that information... He obviously saw that so he said "Well you're from Canada... my wife is from Vimy!" I know I may sound stupid to some of you once again but apparently there is a Canadian War Memorial in Vimy, actually here's a sample from the Wikipedia article about that:
Set on the highest point of Vimy Ridge is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, the largest of Canada's war monuments. In 1922, use of the land for the battlefield park which contains the memorial was granted, in perpetuity, by the French nation to the people of Canada in recognition of Canada's war efforts. 250 acres (100 ha) of the former Vimy Ridge battlefield is preserved as part of the memorial park which surrounds the monument. The grounds of the site are still honeycombed with wartime tunnels, trenches and craters, closed off for public safety. The memorial took eleven years and $1.5 million to build and was unveiled on 26 July 1936 by King Edward VIII (prior to his abdication and in his capacity as King of Canada), in the presence of President Albert Lebrun of France and 50,000 or more Canadian and French veterans and their families. The memorial site is tended by Veterans Affairs Canada.
Did you know that?? Am I the only ignorant person here? It's OK, next time someone approaches me about their wife being from Vimy I will say "Oh really? The city where there is the famous Canadian War Memorial!"
On the island with the monastery, I had helped a French family understand the English guide so when it was time to grab lunch at our next stop, they invited me to join them which was quite nice! I didn't eat alone! Tourists are not that annoying after all ;)
I did a lot of walking today so while I was waiting for the boat to return us to the park entrance, I deserved a break. I was sitting on that quay:
with my feet in the water!!
First time this year, woohoo!!!
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