36.05 Croatia: Plitvicka Lakes, part 1 and sundry.
'Perhaps,' we thought, 'Here's one of the paradises we often see on Earth. We asked the engineer to open all the spigots. One of the fascinating events which occur quite often in our lives, surprisingly, is that of coincidences. Had we been detectives, then of course, we would not believe in such phenomena. Sometimes we do have to try emulate detectives, especially when we can’t remember where we put an item or whether we did do something we thought we had. Then we try logic to figure it out and on occasion, we succeed. I digress. Sunday a week ago, we reached a mountain peak in Austria, a little outside Bruck an der Mur and noticed another peak across the way. Why not? Two peaks in one. Off we went, followed by a local couple. When we reached the top we greeted them but never engaged in conversation. We separated and off we went. Two days later, we were in our car searching for a trailhead in a village above the peak, Schiffall. When we found the commenc...