The first stop is Bihać , just 30 km east of Plitvice in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I had the opportunity last month to call in to a taping of Rick Steves' NPR program when he was talking about that part of the world, and his guest recommended Bihać as a back-door stop on this drive. It is supposed to be a charming little town on the banks of the Una River and adjacent to Una National Park, so if it's a nice day it will probably be worth at least a short detour and the park has some waterfalls, in case we didn't see enough the day before.
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Tower and church in Bihać[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="848"]
Una River[/caption]The second stop I'd like to make is at Jajce, which has a citadel, catacombs, church, and mills from the middle ages, and more waterfalls, this time on the Pliva River and right in the middle of town.
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Jajce waterfalls, St. Luke's tower and citadel in the background[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="848"]
Fortress[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="848"]
Medieval mills[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="848"]
Jajce Ruins[/caption]Next stop (and next post): Sarajevo.