by Justin
The weather on day two in Plitvice Lakes was the polar (and it actually felt polar) opposite of the first day’s weather. When we got to the store on the trailhead Dad said “we should get ponchos,” Mom said “it is not raining, so no.” …
Plitvice Lakes is the most stunning example of untouched nature you can think of. This explosion of natural wonders is not surprisingly a UNESCO World Heritage site. It also may be the most beautiful place I’ll ever go. One of the reasons it was so …
Our last, and I think most special, day trip from Zagreb was to Samobor. The first thing that we saw when we got there was a building with a swift’s nest built into nearly every eve of the building. The scene was crazy, a seemingly endless fog of swifts whipping in and out of dirt and stick blobs attached to the roof.
The birds we saw were: swifts (duh, with all of these swift nests around there have to be swifts), wagtails, kos, hooded crows, and sparrows.
One of the coolest things that we saw in Samabor was an old Citroen that looked kind of like a VW beetle with half covered back tires.
Two more things about Samabor were the beautiful church and the fortress ruins up on a hill. The church was yellow and green and the fortress was probably huge; well, now the fortress is just a pile of loose stones and partially formed turrets and walls up on the hill, but you get the idea.
Samabor was a very impressive day trip.
The first day trip that we went on from Zagreb was to Trakošćan Castle. Trakošćan was huge, very beautiful, and had lots of cool features and ancient artifacts. The coolest feature was the monstrous turrets, which were very well preserved (not to mention how well preserved the castle …
Zagreb, the largest city in Croatia, just happened to be the start of my vacation. This beautiful city also happens to be the capital of Croatia. The town is split in half by a hill and connected by a funicular and a tunnel system. The …
Hello, I just went on a huge trip to Croatia! I went to Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Split, Korčula, and Dubrovnik. Our trip was two weeks of pure fun! I am excited to tell you about my awesome trip, so get ready to get reading.
What has two names, a ton of plumage variations, and almost no habitat restrictions?
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A pigeon; two names because they are also a type of dove. I saw tons of them in Croatia. The first one that I saw was a pure rock dove and the second one was spotted white and brown!
The pigeons like to hang out in squares and hide in holes in walls.
The funniest place that I saw one was on a statue’s head!
In Dubrovnik I almost got mowed by a pigeon flying really close to my head! I had to duck to avoid it.
Starting in Split, I saw huge clumps of feral cats.
I started to see them when I met Xo (pronounced “so”) in a nautical bracelet shop. After that, cats were everywhere… on the grass, stalking my ice cream, and eating a chicken wing.?! By the way, Xo started out feral and made herself a shop cat. We did not see any feral cats in Korčula, but a house cat did try to eat my Amberjack steak while I was eating it at a restaurant. When we got to Dubrovnik, we saw tons of feral cats again. They were everywhere, but usually by a church or laying in front of a heating vent.
I hope you will enjoy the rest of my upcoming posts about Croatia. There will be a lot of them.
When I went to Seattle, I saw the Chihuly Glass Gardens. Inside the building, there was tons of beautiful glasswork. The effect was striking; lights and glass combined in amazing ways. The scenes were spectacular! We also got to see a glass demonstration of a …
There are so many exciting things that we did on our Seattle trip. One of the first things we did when we got there was we went down to the gum wall and stuck some gum on it. When you went down this alley and …
Seattle has tons of mouthwatering food just waiting to be tasted!
I went to Pike Place Market and it was amazing.
The best thing about it was all of the fish lying around. Yum!
One stall had a rubber monk fish rigged up to a chain that would scare people when the vendors pulled the chain to wiggle the fish. The rubber fish looked exactly like a fish, not like rubber (see for yourself below).
The vendors also threw a chum salmon back and forth over the fish counter every few minutes.
When we were in the market we also tried hazelnuts and chocolate covered cherries from other vendors. They all tasted great! I liked the Amaretto Rainer Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries the most. Before we went to the market, we went to Storyville a coffee place with delicious oatmeal. It was located just outside of the Pike Place Market’s main entrance (see the picture below with their red circle logo).
At lunch, I had my first ever Dungeness crab. It was totally, absolutely, 100% super scrumptious!!!! I even got to crack the pinchers and legs open. My favorite part was the meat in the lower claw of the pincher, which was also the easiest to get to because you just had to yank the bottom claw off and enjoy.
For dinner we went to Etta’s, a fish place located next to Pike Place Market. For the actual meal I had amazing Copper River Salmon. Even better, we had a super nice waitress. After the salmon I topped it off with a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of banana chip ice cream. When I was going out the door I snagged about four Swedish Fish from the Swedish Fish Bowl. Etta’s was great.
There are so many new flavors to discover in Seattle.
Did you know that I went on a 1 night cruise for my 10th birthday last month? The ship’s name was the Ruby Princess. We traveled from Vancouver to Seattle. The Ruby Princess was more like a huge floating deluxe hotel than a boat. It had …
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