Hello all!! I know we haven't blogged in a few days so I just wanted to let you know that everything is okay and we are alive!
We have one night left in Croatia before taking a train to Salzburg, Austria, early tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Then, we'll be safely checked into our hotel (which is the former house of the Von Trapp family from the Sound of Music!) by the time of the US vs. Algeria World Cup game!! We are actually on South Africa time here in Europe so we won't even have to figure out and calculate what time the game is on. Yes!
And speaking of the World Cup, it is HUGE over here. EVERY restaurant with TV's has it on. On our last night in Budapest, we were walking to dinner and stumbled upon a viewing party with probably 3000 Hungarians watching the France vs. Mexico game on a jumbo-tron in a square next to the Hungarian Parliament. The energy was INCREDIBLE! Never did figure out who they were cheering for, though, cause it was late and we were hungry! But still, it was very fun to watch them watching the game for even a few minutes.
But anyway, back to Croatia. After taking the train to Zagreb, we picked up a rental car and drove to Plitvice Lakes National Park. (Note: It is quite interesting to drive (or for Dad to drive, as the case may be) a stick shift car when you have only been driving automatics for years, in a city that you've never been to before, that has trams, buses, and cars all sharing the same lanes, and has virtually no street signs, and if there are any signs posted, they are in a language that you not only cannot read, but looks nothing like any language you've seen before, with words that have letters together that look like they should never, never go together!! whew. it was a challenge to say the least. But we have made it all around Croatia so far, which is good.)
So back to Croatia, again. Plitvice was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I have never seen a place like it anywhere. There are plenty of stories from our day visiting there (some good, some bad--but remember, we all are alive, okay, and healthy!!) but for now I'll just leave you with these pictures cause we're getting ready to get on the road and I am being summoned to get off the computer and into the car. See you in Austria!
3 comments:
Love the photos in Croatia - looking forward to hearing about your visit there. Praying for you as you travel again! (I did stay up Sunday evening looking for you on Skype but I just couldn't stay up last night - Sorry) Just looked up your villa in Austria and read some of the reviews - I'm so jealous - did you all finish the second half of "The Sound of Music?" Let me know if you have time to chat! Loving and missing you guys (the puppets were asking about you!)!!! Carolyn
Kristen! Your posts crack me up! Thanks for taking the time to write how you talk - ha. Train tracks are probably not hangouts for hobos in that area. Ickkkk. Cant wait to see more pics of croatia. So beautiful.
Love you all . . . Carol - Kidzone kids are awesome kids and they say hi!!!
the pictures in Croatia are so beautiful. Can't wait to see more.
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