Monday, May 19, 2008

5:12 PM

Croatia and London



Yes, this is Croatia! The top picture was taken just outside the apartment we stayed in at Zadar, which was along the coast. The second picture was taken in the Plitvice National Park, where there were tons of waterfalls greeting you at every turn. It is seriously such a beautiful country, almost as if it was undiscovered yet by the rest of the world. The waters there are so clear, you can see everything underneath if it is shallow enough, and places there are almost completely unspoiled by pollution. Everyday in Croatia we woke up to the view of the ocean and the sea breeze. Totally amazing.

Sunset, taken from the balcony of our apartment.

I want to go back there again. After so many countries of looking at the effects of industrialization and modernization, its nice to just stare at nature's beauty, and not worry so much about rushing to the next tourist spot and ticking places off a to-see list. I could have stayed on the beach there the entire time, and longer, if I did not have to go back to Switzerland in order to fly to London.

But that other trip was worth it as well. Really. The weather was terrible though, I felt as if I was there during winter, with the strong wind and all. Bah. But still, I got to visit many places, and it somehow reminded me of Singapore, probably because of all the British-inspired buildings we have. Pictures will come later I guess, have not even had time to upload the other pictures from the day trips we had before Croatia.

But it was great to see Nuha again after so long, and she will be coming to Bern soon as well. Yay!

Ok, I know this was rather an unsatisfying post, so I shall post loads of pictures from Croatia below. Enjoy!

Slunj, where houses were built on water

I would love to live here

Small waterfall at the Plitvice National Park

At the beach, with people from Graz

Sunset on our last night in Zadar

Beautiful eh? I definitely did not want to come back to Switzerland. I hope I will get a chance to go back there one day, just lazing at the beach and watching the world go by would be more than enough for me.

Kay Key