It's interesting to me how different Zagreb feels from Split. They are the two largest cities in Croatia and they couldn't feel more different. Split feels very much a Mediterranean city like Athens or Tel Aviv, but Zagreb feels like Austria. Indeed, Zagreb was an important city in the empire of Austria-Hungary. The yellow and black buildings built in the typical Habsburg style give that away...
Split was pretty interesting. To me it felt and looked a bit like a mix between Athens and Tel Aviv, just much smaller. We went to the old town and bought some tickets to tour everything in the Diocletian's Palace. Later in the day we rented scooters and cruised down to a nice beach where we once again swam in the Adriatic Sea...
When you arrive by boat, the first set of waterfalls you see are the big ones at the bottom of the park. They are really spectacular. From there we hiked up right next to the edge of those falls, then continued up to other falls. Some areas were just crazy with water flowing almost every direction while you walk on the boardwalk above, beside, and below it all...
The waterfalls were pretty and we could imagine how much more amazing they could be when water levels are high, but there's always a trade-off with national parks like this. Do you plan your visit for the "best" amount of water and the most tourists in your way? This is the off-season, but it was really cool to see all the fall colors reflecting on the tops of the blue-green lakes...