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Plitvice Lakes

Couple’s Therapy: Rowing on Plitvice Lakes

July 14, 2013March 31, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 3 Comments

Rowing a boat is a bit like marriage. You have to pull together if you want to get anywhere, and you have to recognise and adapt to each other's strengths and weaknesses. You even have to listen to each other, and sometimes you have to accept that one of you knows more about the process … Continue reading Couple’s Therapy: Rowing on Plitvice Lakes

A Day in Plitvice Lakes

July 13, 2013March 31, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 8 Comments

Waddy thinks that Plitvice Lakes is the most pristine and beautiful natural wonder that he has ever seen. I would like to be a smarty pants and say he has not travelled enough, but I have to agree that this is an area of extraordinary natural beauty. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is around three … Continue reading A Day in Plitvice Lakes

A Rural Adventure on the way to Plitvice Lakes

July 12, 2013March 31, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 1 Comment

It is 11pm on our first night at Plitvice Lakes.  I am lying in bed listening to the sound of a waterfall outside our window.  A half hour ago a sudden storm swept through, a clash or two of thunder and a heavy downpour.  More or less our first rain since we were in Assisi.  We hope … Continue reading A Rural Adventure on the way to Plitvice Lakes

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