Croatia

Dubrovnik, we stayed here for four days and did little day trips to islands and such.  It was absolutely wonderful.

It was a sea of red roofs overlooking the sea of crystal blue Mediterranean water.

They also had pirates there.  They made pretty good tour guides and served freshly caught fish. 

Plitvice Lakes was incredible!  The sheer number of waterfalls was astounding.

Seriously, around every tree there would be another group of seven or eight of them.  Absolutely amazing!

Unfortunately, there was no swimming allowed because there are weird microorganisms that live in the water that human grease would kill.  It's these little bugs that give the water its crazy blue color.

Plitvice is a series of dozens of lakes that are all connected by falls.  There were literally cascades under the pathways almost all the time.

Apparently slugs feast on the little microbes, because they were HUGE here.

Zadar had an architect that designed both this reflection plate and an organ that is played by the movement of the water pushing air through pipes.  We agreed that this was the most magical spot of our trip so far.  It tingled all the senses.

We were welcomed into Zagreb by seductive sheep.  I'm not sure which of these two is hairier.  Or more enticing...