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Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2015

Towards Jajce closing the day off with a dive into lake Pliva

In the night heavy rain cooled the hot country sides down to descent temperatures and we had a fresh an crispy morning and decided to visit the Krupa valley again catching the morning mist in the valley, a beautiful experience ...






The water force hits the wheel ...

After this stroll and a strong breakfast we continued south towards Jajce, a place that was heavy battled during the the 1995 war and many buildings had been destroyed including the mosque. Still bullet holes can be seen on the wall of the houses and the city has not be restored to the full glory.
The trademark of the city is the 52 m high waterfall of the river Pliva into the river Vrbas forming a nice scenery and a good place of refreshment. 


In the Vbras canon on the way to Jajce
Jajce


Voted among the 12 most beautiful waterfalls - though rank 12 - still not bad ...
We found a cosy home to stay right above the rebuilt mosque with a beautiful terrace overlooking the city. (If you zoom in you will find Markus looking through the wine leaves)

Because sometimes the quality of hotels offers still does not match our expectations - smile...

I do not fully believe the sign to the pool...

We cooled down refreshing ourself in the upper Pliva lake.

and visited the 19 medival mills that are situated beside the river on a lovely spot. In medieval times the payment for milling was done by the 10th of the material ground and the indication that the mill was in operation by the open door of the little house - upright standing within is hardly possible! They are a beautiful setting beside the river






In the evening, when temperatures dropped below 30 degrees, we started to explore the city climbing the fortress with beautiful views over the city,






The views to the tower of the holy Lukas, that served latest as mosque before being burnt down



The catacombs -the grave of Hrvoje Vukcic




In the evening the usual culinary highlights like Cevap and a beer to close of the day, viewing the Muslim community celebrating the upcoming end of Ramadan in front of the mosque.



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