Europe 2018 - JournoHQ

Europe 2018

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@TerrieUrbas

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18002 17th St E, Lake Tapps, WA 98391, USA

Jul 07 2018

It's the night before we leave. George's BiRtHDaY! We had dinner with Chris & Holi at Hop Jack's. Elliot is spending the night. Having so much fun with her. Swinging on the deck swing. Sitting in every chair out there and just enjoying each other's company. I'm so glad Holi suggested this. Watching Sesame Street now and she's just cuddling and loving on me. A perfect evening.

Trying on Grandpa's travel hat.

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Jul 08 2018

Finishing packing for the trip. Took Marta to the kennel. White River Corral $24 a day. Took Gus and Poppy up to Chris and Holi's. Hugs from everyone there and Chris gave us a ride to the airport.

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Jul 09 2018

Traveling day. We left Seattle just after midnight headed to Detroit. We were going to go to Atlanta but the flight to Detroit had more seats available. The flight to Munich has 43 seats available so we shouldn't have any trouble getting on that one. Tyler, Allison and kids all sat together in row 15 and Geo and I were in row 24. I watched the movie Red Sparrow. It was ok but I think I'd have to watch it again to really get it. We had breakfast at a sushi/ramen place that Geo always eats at when he's in Detroit ($160). We found a hotel near the airport and everyone took a nap. I took Cece and Andrew to dangle their feet in the pool while Allison nursed Nerren. Back to the airport, dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant ($130). I think we better quit eating at the airport or we might have to come home early!

Headed back to the airport.

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Jul 10 2018

Some of us slept for a few hours and some, Allison and the kids🙁, didn't and then we went out walking and looking for somewhere to eat.

On our way to the restaurant, we saw a statue, actually a bust, of a man that was a little obscured by trees. Allison was pointing it out to Andrew but he couldn't see it. She said "there's a statue of a man right there, it's just his head and shoulders". Andrew says "I see that, I can't see the spatula". We laughed the rest of the way to the restaurant.

Maybe too much clinking

He's still pooped. Allison, George, Nerren and Andrew went back to the house. Tyler, Cece and I played on this little playground for awhile.

They had a pretty cool spinning disk that several people could sit on. It was tipped on an angle so you could sit at different spots and see the physics that would make it go. Then there's always that one kid at the playground that has to push the limits Tyler joined us and made it go faster than possble for grandmas to stay on. At least I managed to stay on my feet when I was flung from the disk.

Now how to get him home...

More clinking

After we got back to the house, I took off on foot to find a grocery store called Aldi so we'd have milk and cereal and eggs for the morning. I took Waze and my umbrella and headed out. It was only about .75 miles but Waze took me to the delivery address which was an industrial cul-de-sac that you couldn't get to the store from. Did I mention that it's 7:30 now and the store closes at 8? \240I finally got it figured out and probably only walked an extra mile to do it. So I added rum and coke to my shopping list and ubered home. 5 euros.

Love you

Luckily, they had a to go box.

We found this German restaurant, well I guess that's true for all the restaurants here, and clinked our glasses to commemorate the beginning of our adventure.

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Jul 10 2018

Our flight to Munich went smoothly. We had the two back rows of the plane to ourselves so we could comfortably spread out. We took a train and a tram and walked to our Airbnb. Geo and I are on the 1st floor and The kids are on the third floor with our landlord on the floor in between.

The flight attendant in the background had to be 80 something!

Grandpa and Andrew watching someone else's movie.

Landing in Munich.

The sunrise was as wide as we could see. Our resident scientist said it was because we were watching it peek up over the North Pole.

Had to take a picture of this hat. It was black and sheer and gigantic. Glad she's carrying it around and not me!

Happy girls

And now I think I'll try this seat. .

Fancy airplane baby seat.

I don't know what you guys are talking about, these airplane seats have plenty of room 😃

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Jul 11 2018

Ours is the door with the spider web on it. I love the greenery next door. The leaves are bigger than my hand.

Talking with Anna, our host. She's 21 and from Russia. Speaks 3 languages. She's going to school here in Germany. Getting a masters in cultural studies. Already has a masters from a school in Russia. Her university is paid for by the government.

Walking to the grocery store.

Andrew was impressed that German dogs can read signs.

Andrew spotted this balcony. There's a Santa up there. You can only see 1/2 of him, he's riding a pig.

A little cereal before we head out for the morning.

🎶🎶Run Nerren run, run run run run run...🎶🎶

Rest time before we tackle the rest of the day.

We found a bear spatula!

Andrew didn't seem like he'd have fun in the grocery store so he and I walked back to our house. We collected a few rocks along the way.

And added some bears of our own.

So this is the creme brûlée we ordered for dessert served with a lovely scoop of raspberry sorbet (NOT!). That there is a scoop of BEET (insert gag emoji here) sorbet. Such a thing should not exist on this planet! I was the first to take a taste of it. OMG gross. Tyler and George agreed with me but weren't quite as surprised as i was because at least they knew it wasn't going to be raspberry. And maybe because I said "I think that's beet sh*t". So grandma bear said "too gross" and the papa bears said "too yucky" and Allison mama bear said "that's delicious" and ate it all up and kept the bowl it came in.

Tonight was Cece's night to fall asleep at dinner. You should have seen her trying to turn over on a foot wide bench.

And Andrew managed to stay awake. \240Tyler had to carry Cece home. Luckily it wasn't too far.

FYI--Tyler is posting some really good pictures on Instagram.

Croatian flags on cars

This is what I got when I ordered a Coke light in the German beer garden.

The bright spot under the trees is a giant screen with the game on it and then there were smaller screens throughout the area.

Also, for our viewing pleasure, Andrew spotted a mouse running around under the tables. And then another and another and..... Very nice place and nicely dressed people and no one even flinched. Luckily none came by me because you all know I would've flinched big time and made quite a memory for anyone around me.

Everyone here seems to rooting for Croatia but we did hear some grumbling Englishmen when we were walking back after the game.

They're fading fast

After naps, we went to a restaurant with a large outdoor beer garden, to watch England and Croatia in the semi-finals.

@TerrieUrbas

Jul 12 2018

We took off today to ride the hop on hop off bus and take a tour of Munich.

We are waiting for the tram that will take us to the train that will take us to the bus.

AOB

See the guy walking in the tan coat? The one walking towards Andrew sitting by himself in the other booth from us.

Awake one second,

I love my brother. I mean I love to choke my brother.

They also had these bowls of dips/tapanades for sale.

Where we bought the black bread, we also bought a variety of sandwiches, little pizzas and pretzels and brought it all home for dinner.

It was awhile before we got to eat it though because we had to find each other after getting separated in the train station. George and the stroller, along with Allison and the kids took the elevator, I mean lift. Because the lift was full, Tyler and I took the escalator, which should have come out at the same place as the lift, but it didn't. There was a wall between us After some time searching (they gotta be here somewhere) and then a few 20 cent a minute phone calls, we got back together. Then we had to spend a little time "discussing" 😁 which train to take...... \240Dinner was delicious!

Love you!

and a bunny that Andrew wanted to buy for Elliot but since he doesn't have room in his suitcase for them he opted to send her pictures. Love you Elliot.

Hey, we made it to the bus.

And got a diaper change in the back of the bus.

Meat market. We walked a block that had about 7 of these in a row.

Cece and Tyler are waiting on the right side of the tracks. We are not.

Andrew is probably going to have nightmares from this little scene. He was fer-reeked out.

Allison and the kids loading up on souvenirs.

Initially, we were all on the wrong side of the tracks. We were trying to figure out how to get across the tracks, when a train pulled up. We saw that we could go straight through the open train doors and be on the other side. Tyler and Cece ran but the rest of us hesitated and didn't make it and had to wait for the next train before we could get across. \240Snooze you loose.

Andrew decided to check the corner out for a little while before we left. 😡

In that tower there's are life size cuckoo clock characters but the only go once a day at 11am. We missed it today but will try to see it tomorrow.

This was a beautiful olive market. Probably 50 different varieties of olives. The hanging things are strings of mushrooms.

Way too cool

Marienplatz. A famous square with tons of shops and an AOB (another old building)

And Andrew picked it up and started reading it like it was something they do everyday.

No kids, those aren't the toys you think they are.

A hedge hog

Now we're waiting for a train.

Too cool

Cheetah car for Cece.

More olives.

Waiting for the bus. Lots of waiting today.

And Cece took some selfies.

Some beautiful and tasty (except for the tomato part 😝) black bread with tomatoes and cheese baked into it.

He sat down and threw a magazine to Andrew.

More mushrooms

Asleep the next

Lunch on the plate.

Nerren really liked the \240tour. He had the biggest laugh session of his life while on the bus.

A little stretching before the next leg of the journey. I showed her how to do this one. 😂😂😂

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Jul 13 2018

Our second day on the Munich tour. The walk, tram, train, bus thing went much more smoothly today. Evidently our training day yesterday helped. 👍👍 George didn't go today. Wasn't up for the walking.

That red arrow is pointing to some big fish in the river. I estimated them at about 30 inches.

Walking through the English Garden.

Public fountain to rinse you hands, fill your water bottle, get water for pets...

Pointy cabbages.

Andrew was not too happy about that. He thought it was going to peck him. He had accidentally dropped a little piece of apple on the bench in front of him and the goose gently picked it up and ate it.

Shrimp for me.

2 videos of the cuckoo clock but probably too small to see them moving. It's Marienplatz. You can google it if you really want to see it.

Lunchtime in a biergarten. Fish & chips.

AOC (another old church)

And then he thought it was ok.

Nymphenburg Palace

AOB

Jackfruit. Gigantic! Look at the size of it relative to Cece's hand.

The lady next to Cece had the thickest braid I've ever seen.

Getting on the train.

AOB

Look at all those Starbucks cups!

Hard boiled eggs. We couldn't tell if they were red naturally or if they dye them because they were hard boiled. We asked but didn't quite understand the answer.

Lighting candles for Grandpa Dwayne and Grandma Nerren.

Waiting for the tram.

Watching the life size cuckoo clock characters go around and listening to the glockenspiel.

This goose wandered over to see if we'd offer him anything.

This movie star was on the bus with us.

Dancing while we're waiting for the bus.

Oil and vinegar bar.

Cece with her sausage man. Kinda like a gingerbread man only made of sausages.

He zeroed in on Andrew's apple.

Tram ride home.

Tomorrow we pick up the rental van and go to Neuschwanstein Castle. It's the castle the Disneyland castle was fashioned after.

Surfing in the river

MaDonalds in Munich.

Andrew gave them some money and was quite proud of himself.

Sunbathers

Nerren is enjoying his vacay

Carousel in the English Garden

Andrew being more interested in a pile of bark on the ground than his dinner.

Andrew's dinner on the table

I bought a large Diet Coke which was about 18 oz for 2.79 euros. Sure tasted good though.

Playground in the English Garden

People, young and crazy people, were jumping off the bridge into this fast moving river. You can see how fast they get carried away. Neverrrrrr!

Sunscreen time.

Two guys playing xylophones. \240

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Jul 14 2018

Breakfast and playtime before heading to the store.

Quite a view

They have good chocolate ice cream while you're waiting

George is smiling because he finally got some underwear today. He forgot his stack at home so has been trying to make one pair work since we left home. Love😐😂

Out for the rest of the ride.

Collecting rocks on the way down. Andrew had so many in his pocket, his pants were falling down.

Pretty cool sunglasses

Our ride for the rest of the trip. AC yay! Off to Neuschwanstein.

George is smiling because he finally got some underwear today. He forgot his stack at home so has been trying to make one pair work since we left home. Love 😐😂

Our horse a carriage awaits

On the way up to the castle. We rode up and walked down because we missed the last carriage.

Walking to the tram to go to the store. The kids would run ahead and then back to us so they did about 4 times the distance we did. This van with a boot on the wheel was one of their markers to run to.

Our biggest challenges in Munich had to do with doors. The front door was tricky and we just had to play with it until it finally opened. One time we locked the host out so when she same home at 3am she had to wake someone up (Allison) to get in. And the washer/dryer door handle was broken off so you had to push this and pull that just right to get it to open. Sometimes it took two of us.

Tomorrow we head to Salzburg.

Beautiful salad. Those currants were almost as good as the beet sorbet 😝

Pasta stuffed with mushrooms. Yum

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Jul 15 2018

Heading to Salzburg today.

Nerren is 4 months old today!

A little travel reading

Cece is changing her first diaper

Exploring

The tunnel from the area our hotel is in to the old part of town. One side for walkers, the other for bikes.

All packed

Fancy tile work in the public water closet

Cece is under there somewhere. There's two videos, although the first one doesn't seem to have a play arrow. \240It still plays if you tap it.

Leaving tomorrow for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

More exploring

We had dinner at a restaurant named Hamburgerista. Delicious!

Spending the night with Grandma and Grandpa

Andrew has more rocks in his pockets.

We put some locks on the bridge

Checking out our hotel room in Salzburg at the Star Inn

His pants are falling down.

We took them back off to bring home as Xmas ornaments.

Art necklaces

Bathrooms at Starbucks

Bikes everywhere. They even have teeny tiny bikes for rent.

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Jul 16 2018

We started out in Munich and drove to Ljubljana, Slovenia toady.

I was sitting like this,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 so Cece wanted to try it.

The label makes a little more sense now.

Breakfast at the hotel. Allison's plate was the prettiest.

Kitchen

Checking out and heading to Ljubljana.

Cece and Mozart.

Bedroom

Teeny tiny Haribo Coke bottle.

Cece, Andrew and I walked back to a gift shop we saw yesterday to get some treasures. An ad inside a tunnel we walked through. My pose......

So this little tin was in with the jellies and cream cheese. Couldn't read the label but when I opened it, it looked like strawberry cream cheese. I took a swipe with my knife and popped it in my mouth. It's surprising how much liverwurst can look like strawberry cream cheese if you want it to. 😁

Andrew's pose.

Cece and Nerren

There's a castle on the hilltop \240You can see it if you zoom in.

Playing in the yard

Entry

A little eis (ice cream) for the walk home.

Bathroom

I love his glasses. T

Along the way.

George trying out our bed.

Little lederhosen and dirndl in a shop window.

A garden in the way to dinner

What the license plates look like here.

Everything was pretty good. Hardly any cheese. The only thing a little off was the nacho cheese sauce. It tasted like canned.

There's a squash in there somewhere.

Tyler does vacay

Our apartment in Ljubljana. Neither of the apartments we've had so far have had a living type room. This one has a tv, the last one we had didn't.

The appetizer. It was yummy!

Corn soup and zucchini with pumpkin seeds soup. Both delicious. I liked the zucchini the best, Allison liked the corn.

The Mexican food section at the grocery store.

In the yard at our Airbnb apartment. There are 5 apartments in this building. It belonged to our hosts grandfather or maybe great-grandfather and he's converted it for airbnb.

We're eating at a Mexican/pizza restaurant.

I love his glasses. The appetizer. It

My attempt at being artsy.

Walking to dinner.

A little clinking to start the Slovenia portion of our trip.

Tortilla mask.

The ivy has grown into the fir tree.

Note the goggles. She heading for the shower.

One last load of laundry. Down in the basement.

George sat on the floor with his translator app and helped me figure the settings out.

Night-night time.

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Jul 17 2018

Today we're taking a little road trip to Lake Bled in Slovenia. George is staying home because he's concerned it will be too much walking.

We hit Allison's vacation wish list. Eating outside, cobblestones, geraniums, wine and kids running around.

The water was really clear and a beautiful color. The interweb said the lake was over a hot spring and was 78 degrees. They lied.

Now that's what I call a cup holder.

And Nerren is crossing the bridge.

This restaurant and city are very disability friendly. Lots of adaptive stuff like patterned sidewalks for the blind and the sidewalks dip flush to the road for wheelchairs. It's been really nice pushing the stroller here. At the restaurant, most of the employees had some disability. One of our servers was deaf/mute and another had Down Syndrome. They all did a great job.

We had to park way up a hill from the swimming area and then walk back to it. Andrew was concerned about the drop off and Tyler kept saying he was going to jump. Andrew would throw up his hand and frantically yell stop.

They've really enjoyed this beanbag chair. Andrew says this position is called Andrew is the water and Cece is the bridge.

Golden Arches everywhere

The restaurant was violin themed and this was the handicap sticker in their window.

Lake Bled

Walking past a bicycle tree

We decided to go to dinner at a restaurant in the old part of the city. It was about a mile away. George didn't care to walk it so we checked the price of a cab for him. 3.50euros. He (George) googled it and said there were parking lots near the restaurant that would be cheaper than taking the cab. So we all get in the van and set out for the restaurant. After driving around a little, Tyler finds a spot on the street and parks. We all get out and start looking for a way to pay. Allison asks a woman walking by and she confirms we have pay and continues on her walk. Then Tyler sees a signs that implies we don't have to pay after 7 and it's now 8. Just as we're walking away from the van the lady returns, (very nice of her) to tell us we can't park there at all, it's for residents only. Back in the van. We decide to drive to the restaurant and spiral out from there looking for parking. So Tyler put the restaurant in the GPS and off we go. Except he accidentally put home in the GPS so now we're back at the house. We parked the van, called a cab for George and the kids and Tyler, Allison and I walked to the restaurant.

The swimming area.

Beach treasures

Ahhhh

And we made it

Mommy too!

Tyler and his boys. ❤️

Hey, eyes on Cece, she's not the one in the black and white striped swimsuit.

Tyler warned the kids on the way, there might be some naked people here so if you see some, don't say anything, like yelling he's naked or her boobies are showing. I only saw 1 topless sunbather and a few people changing. There were some naked little kids and Cece would whisper "Grandma, there's one" and I said daddy meant naked grown ups. She says "for real, like literally, seriously"

We saw these two dinosaurs on the way home. We're going to get George and head out to dinner.

Cece's going to have some snails.

Walking

More Lake Bled

Look at this moment of tranquility. A little while before this Andrew threw a shoe and hit Cece in the head while she was in the hammock. She was crying and he said he threw it to stop the hammock from swinging.

Cool tunnel.

Walking

Andrew said he looks like a puppy in this picture.

Allison made a great breakfast for all of us by using her leftover fajitas and adding them to some eggs to make a scramble.

This little girl saw our seaweed heart and wanted to make her own.

At the end of the day, the kids got ice cream cones. Cece got about twenty feet away from the stand and her ice cream fell off the cone to the sidewalk. It looked pretty clean so I picked it up and put it back on her cone. She got a few licks and it plopped off again, this time into some fine grit gravel. I picked it up and wiped off all the grit and put it back on her cone. We all took some bites to help her finish it. On our next ice cream break, I commented my last ice cream was mixed with gravel. And it was an ah-ha moment for Tyler who said he found a small rock in his mouth and wondered how it got there.

AOC

Picture of me sunbathing.

A clink with Cece

Walking

Cece ate more of the snails than anyone! Her goal on this trip was to try new foods. She's done a good job.

It was a very fun dinner. George and the kids cabbed it home (no uber in Slovenia) and the rest walked.

Off to Lake Plitvice, Croatia tomorrow.

Nerren is kicking back while the rest of us \240get ready to go.

@TerrieUrbas

Jul 18 2018

We starred in our own Chevy Chase vacation movie today.

First we packed up everyone's everything (not an easy task) and put it in the van. Headed to town to tour the local castle for a couple hours then hit the road to the next destination, Plitvice, Croatia.

Kids slept through all the packing.

Trying on Daddy's hat while he loads the van.

Contrary to the faces, they liked the cab ride to the castle.

It's so hot, Cece decided to wear her hat and Grandma's hat.

These two bugs were stuck together. We don't know if they're a couple or mom and baby or cannibalistc or ???

Getting Gandpa's hat just right.

While at the castle, Allison texted to confirm the check in at the next airbnb, only to find out we were a day off, we weren't supposed to check out here until tomorrow! Called the host here to ask if we can get back in for tonight. He probably thought we're crazy because we weren't supposed to be gone. In hindsight, when we texted him saying we were out, he said "you're leaving today"? Not realizing he meant "but your reservations were for one more day", we said yes, we are. So we'll be moving back in later.

Tyler and George just heard the news.

Andrew studying his map to figure out where he's going next.

One last time in the hammock

A little snack at the castle.

And a hedge hog cake

What Andrew looks like when he can't play with his soda bottle anymore after breaking a glass with it.

A ghost cake

The evidence.

Still in the castle

Cece has the dragon by the tail.

Dragon egg

Trying on dragon wings

Found it

Inside the castle puppet museum.

Daddy and Mommy on the big screen.

Finding our way to the dungeon.

More snacks. They gave Andrew a sturdier glass, wonder why?😃

Riding the funicular down from the castle.

Mouse fountain.

Milk drunk

Trust but verify. They have these scales at the public markets so you can double check the vendors produce weight.

A busker playing Willie Nelson songs

Taking a little break in the shade.

Crossing the Dragon Bridge.

For lunch, we picked a restaurant online and it turned out to be a gourmet restaurant. About 5 things on the menu with nothing for kids.

Potatoes with onion sauce.

Cece had a meltdown because she didn't get a magazine she wanted.

Tyler's fish had flowers on it.

Forgot to take a picture of the gnocchi and shrimp. Not really our kind of restaurant but it's 10 or so tables were packed when we left.

More walking home.

Still walking home. It's been a long day and it's about to get longer.

Had to stop for some ice cream.

Three bridges -- tourist spot.

Feather picture for Betsy

.We finally made it home at about 10 at night, only to find ourselves locked out because we had "checked out".

Allison yelled at open windows until someone let us in.

We unpacked the van and moved back in for the night.

Going to bed now and hope tomorrow will be snafu free. 😁😁😁🙁😁

Fixing grandpa's hat

These guys were creepy

@TerrieUrbas

Jul 19 2018

Happy 43rd Anniversary to George and me!

Leaving Ljubljana today. Won't take long to pack up since we already did it once, yesterday. 😁😁😁

Reflection of the hydrangeas across from the window.

One last hammock session before we hit the road.

Mobile foot massage.

Last shot at the wifi before we get in the car.

Cece got a little viewmaster in her happy meal but it didn't work correctly so she went on her own to the counter to ask for another one. George couldn't believe she was brave enough to go up there by herself. He said he couldn't have done that when he was a kid. He won't even do it as an adult. He'd be going home with a broken viewmaster. She came back to the table saying the lady kept saying what, what what but she had a new viewmaster.

A McDonalds stop on our way to Lake Plitvice.

I talked to a Croatian/Lebanese woman who works here. She spoke 4 languages and had lived all over the world. She and her husband are moving to the UK in September because the economy is so bad in Croatia. She's 52 and plans to live and work in the UK for 10 years to get a pension there. They're going now because of Brexit. It's guaranteed acceptance into the country until next April but after that it will be more difficult to get in.

This is Andrew's stuffed toy hamster that he threw up in the air and it disappeared, that is until he got out of his car seat at the next stop.

Your-a brought us beer and the kids ice cream as a welcome gift. Too bad the kids couldn't quite eat that much ice cream so we had to help them out with it.

🎶🎶On the road again🎶🎶

I wanted that old stove but couldn't figure out how to get it in my suitcase.

We could have easily stayed here a few more days.

Andrew, always on top of things.

Going out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary.

We think something got lost in translation.

Back at home for the night. Bath time for Nerren.

Came out of our room because I forgot something and found Andrew sleeping standing up.

Tomorrow we're off to Lake Plitvice National Park for some hiking.

Ketchup section

We stopped at a grocery store on our way out of town. This is the mayonnaise section. The majority of it is sold in tubes like giant toothpaste tubes.

Grilled bacon Lays. Tyler and I liked them.

Made it to our new house. Had to wander around some country roads a little \240but finally saw a man standing on a balcony waving like crazy for us to see him. It was "your-a" (don't know how to spell it but that's how you say it) our airbnb host.

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Jul 20 2018

Off to Lake Plitvice National Park, but first, a little visit with our host family.

Cece had been outside and then came back in where I was and I heard her say "grandma looks really nice". I said "Thank you Cece" and she said \240"well you do look nice but what I said was "their grandma looks really nice". 😂😂😂

Nerren finding out how Croatian grandmas speak to babies.

One more time on the swing before we head to the park.

Waiting

I think this guy had a drawing of himself on his shirt. Still in line.

Waiting patiently

And we're in. It was very hot and we walked about 6 miles through the park. 13,000 steps for everyone except Tyler, he had 15,000 by the time he retrieved the van and picked us up.

It was also very crowded. They get about 10,000 people a day. A lot of people there from China.

A visit from Cece while I was in line.

We knew the line would be long, so George and I and the kids went to wait in line while Tyler and Allison parked the van. The line was definitely long. You can't even see the beginning of it in this pano shot but you can see George at the end of it. After this pic, he and the kids went and sat down and I waited in line. It took about 45 minutes to get to the ticket booth. Most of it was in the shade so it wasn't too bad. I think it was about $24 per person to get in.

Of course, pictures can't do it justice, but the falls and the color and clarity of the water was amazing!

Some old people attempting a selfie.

Those of you that have traveled with me will know the significance of this picture. No, I did not take it.

Tyler and I and the kids climbed up to explore a cave.

This was a pretty cool staircase cut into the granite but Andrew is skipping a step so the distance is as long as his leg!

The further we went, the bigger the fish got.

Potty break with mom and dad blocking the view.

Two birdies

Tyler photo bombed us.

More fish. The big ones here were the largest we saw. About a foot long.

So I thought this would be cute. Andrew straddling this branch like a hobby horse. Somehow it came out looking different than I planned.

It was dark and people were running into these stalagtites. They're just lit up here because of flashes.

Andrew would like to share this hedgehog pic with Elliot.

Passing time waiting for the boat.

Waiting in line for the boat that will take us to another boat that will take us to a tram that will take us halfway to where our van is parked. 😁

Mobile nursing.

In the distance, one of the boats we're headed for.

The owl Cece would like to buy but is settling for a picture of it.

On the boat

In between boat #2 and the tram, we stopped for a burger and cold drinks.

Andrew followed George into the bathroom but turned around, came out and took off in the wrong direction. When we realized he was missing, the search team lept into action and spotted him down the hill and headed away from us. I called his name causing him and every other person there to look in my direction. Tyler retrieved him and we were back to our burgers.

An adorable little Russian boy that shared our space on the boat.

Orange dress lady who, I'm sure innocently, cut in front of me many times during the day. Impressive coincidence, considering how many thousands of people were there. Then there she was on the boat. Had to snap a pic.

Now a three hour drive to our next destination, Split, Croatia. Tyler said "married for 43 years and now they're going to Split".

Andrew ran out of gas so the baby carrier was turned into a preschooler carrier.

Holding Tyler's hat while he puts Andrew in the pack.

HOLI or anyone else that doesn't like spiders--skip the next picture.

This picture is for anyone that loves Andrew, pranks or short shorts. You're welcome.

Give me a kiss sweetie

Did I mention it was warm? Those are damp paper towels on the kids.

We're taking it easy tomorrow.

Back to where we started

George, with his new walking group.

Up on the wall above the table is the air conditioner for the whole unit. Since it was off when we got here it was pretty warm in here and everyone was huddled in the dining room. The bedrooms stayed warm and Allison ended up sleeping in the room with the ac. Nerren too.

A tale about old people.

Doesn't that look like a nice bathtub? I thought so too, so after everyone was in bed and asleep I decided to take a bath. When it was time to get out I realized I had a problem, I couldn't get out of the tub! I tried pulling, pushing, lifting myself up with my hands and my forearms. I tried to roll onto my knees but the tub was narrow and I couldn't turn over. I started to laugh and couldn't stop. Thinking my options were to call out for help \240or to sleep in the tub, I gave one last heave ho and got myself out. Phew. Then I crawled into bed and told George I was stuck in the tub and he said he did the same thing earlier but didn't think to give me a heads up.

Finally, back to the van. Cece carried Tyler's hat and backpack the last 50 yards.

Our new place. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Up two short flights of stairs.

Allison pretended to be taking a picture of George but she was actually taking a picture of the hairy bear next to him. The guy on the right seemed to notice him too.

Cece saying goodbye to the rocks she picked up along the way. \240

🎶🎶 \240I left my leg in Lake Plitvice \240🎶🎶

@TerrieUrbas

Jul 21 2018

We're going to take it easy today. Maybe go into town this evening to see the Roman ruins.

Getting up

Uber ride. \240

Cece loved this butt postcard

Andrew and his big bite.

Cece walked into this shop with S&M sorta stuff and started looking through the rack. The shopkeeper asked her if she could help her and Cece said she was just looking.