Monday, 29th June.
Leaving Trogir on Saturday (27th) was a bit of a drama...the long queue at the camp reception of people trying to pay for their stay at the camp so that they could leave, took forever and when we finally succeeded in paying and leaving, we got stuck in a major traffic jam trying to get out of the town! It took us about an hour to travel 2 kilometres, something traffic lights or a couple of policemen strategically placed would have easily sorted, but, we eventually made it on to the main road for the drive to the Krka National Park, or more specifically, to Camp Krka, near the entrance to the park. It was lunchtime when we arrived so once we'd attended to that, the rest of the afternoon was spent lazing about, doing as little as possible!
Yesterday (Sunday 28th) was spent in the park, on a full day excursion run by the camp and at €40 each, we thought it good value for the money. There were 14 of us on the 15 seat tour bus, from Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands and a couple from Australia!
Yesterday (Sunday 28th) was spent in the park, on a full day excursion run by the camp and at €40 each, we thought it good value for the money. There were 14 of us on the 15 seat tour bus, from Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands and a couple from Australia!
Throughout the day we paid visits to Skradinski buk, the longest and most commonly visited waterfall on the Krka River, to a Visovac Island viewpoint,
Ozidana pecina cave, Roski slap waterfall, Manojlovac waterfall
and Krka Monastery with its Serbian Church and catacombs. The tour included a picnic lunch with wine and coffee, all in all an excellent though tiring day.
We took many photos, some of which appear on this blog.
This morning we slept a little later than usual and had not been up for more than a few minutes when we received a visit from Mireille and Mark, who had stayed in nearby Skradin and had been on a boat tour yesterday, visiting some of the same sites we'd visited though our paths hadn't crossed. They were on their way to the coast before heading to Plitvice National Park and as we're all going in much the same direction, chances are we will meet again down the track.
Our day was spent putting the camp's washing machine to work and doing odd jobs in between relaxing, giving the old legs a chance to recover from the walking and climbing they did yesterday. We treated ourselves to an evening meal at the camp restaurant, sharing a meat platter washed down with beer and wine. The menu here is not extensive but the food is good quality and well cooked and presented, in fact, Camp Krka is probably one of the best camps we've stayed in. The amenities are spotless as Mrs Clean works hard all day to keep them that way, so I felt a little guilty after showering this morning as she'd have had to do it all again. This is a family run campsite, a friendly, efficiently run campsite where we'd happily stay again if we happened to be in this neighbourhood.
Tomorrow we move on to Plitvice, to the national park which will probably be our last stop in Croatia.
This morning we slept a little later than usual and had not been up for more than a few minutes when we received a visit from Mireille and Mark, who had stayed in nearby Skradin and had been on a boat tour yesterday, visiting some of the same sites we'd visited though our paths hadn't crossed. They were on their way to the coast before heading to Plitvice National Park and as we're all going in much the same direction, chances are we will meet again down the track.
Our day was spent putting the camp's washing machine to work and doing odd jobs in between relaxing, giving the old legs a chance to recover from the walking and climbing they did yesterday. We treated ourselves to an evening meal at the camp restaurant, sharing a meat platter washed down with beer and wine. The menu here is not extensive but the food is good quality and well cooked and presented, in fact, Camp Krka is probably one of the best camps we've stayed in. The amenities are spotless as Mrs Clean works hard all day to keep them that way, so I felt a little guilty after showering this morning as she'd have had to do it all again. This is a family run campsite, a friendly, efficiently run campsite where we'd happily stay again if we happened to be in this neighbourhood.
Tomorrow we move on to Plitvice, to the national park which will probably be our last stop in Croatia.
1 comment:
Looks beautiful and food looks good. Not much more to see in Croatia, seems you have been there forever. Definitely will be on my bucket list. We are having a heatwave at the moment, so we are all flagging as we are not used to 30 degrees. Lovely to see your blog,and to know you are both ok. Love as always. M xx
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