Greetings from Plitvice National Park

Spent the day wandering around Plitvice National Park with two Australian guys I met at my hostel.  We were disappointed to find out you can't actually swim in the water (I mean, look at it!) but it was  a great way to spend the day, anyway.  

Definitely more relaxing and enjoyable than my 8 hour train ride to get here from Budapest yesterday!

Also I got to partake in this delicious meat and onion pastry I have been informed is called "burek."  I call it yummy.  I've had moments where I miss "American" food -- which is weird because all I eat at home is pasta -- but they are easily overcome by finding something like this.

I am, of course, also missing my friends and family back home.  Lots of emails.  Lots of wifi texting to Sar (even though she only left me yesterday, we might be co-dependent, so what?).

Tomorrow has been designated "wander around, explore, and shop" day.  By myself. Elena, the girl in charge of the hostel the last two evenings, is trying to convince me to also make it a pub crawl night.  She is tired of everyone checking in and being too tired to party, then heading to the coast the next day.  I am tired of everyone only being here for a day or two as well.  I want to make friends to explore with, dammit!