Adventures in 2017

Heaven, Vienna mine I'm in the spell of your charms divine Dressed like a queen, with life so gay. You are the love of my heart today  ( link ).

It would be remiss to visit to Austria without visiting the city made famous by The Sound of Music, whether that be by Rodgers & Hammerstein or by the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Caroline's dream to see Salzburg has been fulfilled and I was happy to be part of it.

We drove to the manicured lands of Austria, starting with the ski resort town of Zell Am See. It is doing what mountain areas do best - rain. Though not ideal weather we are get a taste of the germanic love for perfection and beauty. I would have been great to linger longer but alas only two days was all we had available to us.

There is a very good reason why places are listed as an UNESCO world heritage site , that is because they are special. All that mother nature provides is special, but some areas are extra special and Plitvice lakes is one site that made it to the list and deservingly so.

It was forecast to be yet a another hot day, hottest so far; so why not spend it on the water ? Part of the reason we came to Zadar is so that I could visit Zadar and go kiteboarding at Nin. I did not take my kite gear, as over the period of 7 weeks I’d get 1 perhaps 2 days of kiteboarding. At Nin I found out that there was a kiteboarding school and a there was a possible opportunity to hire gear.

We were in Zadar for a couple of days.  It is a town that has belted around its ears since the dawn of time. There are all sorts of ruins from various eras of human civilisation to keep historians amused for a long time. I learnt about the Romans at primary school, and thought not much about it at all until it was realised with the artefacts of their history in places like Zadar.

Krka is a watery paradise, we were in love with this place, waterfalls, lovely swimming and boating on the river, the whole atmosphere made for a great day.