A little Croatian humour on Twitter to break up the TCN politics and business stories – Plitvice Lakes as you have never seen them on November 9, 2018.
I sometimes get told that TCN has become a little too serious these days. Having started out an irreverent travel blog about the island of Hvar, the focus these days is more on business and politics. But we haven’t forgotten the lighter side of life…
One Twitter post – and more especially the ensuing comments – had me laughing for much of the day, as Twitter user @bestanimal posted a rather unusual photograph of Plitvice Lakes, full of a herd of elephants, which is obviously not something you will ever see in Croatia – the only elephants are to be found in zoos – well, apart from one on Brijuni that Indira Ghandi gave to Tito back in 1984.
Croats and their neighbours were quick to react:
While Plitvice Lakes may have elephants, over at Kopacki Rit…
Dinosaurs in Gorski Kotar. Or was it Bosnia.
And it didn’t take long before the exotic animal theme became political, which reminded me of a recent TCN editorial – Instead of Being Counted as Sheep, Will Croatians Ever Stand Up to Be Counted?
This being the Internet, it was not long before someone actually thought photos of dinosaurs roaming through Bosnia and elephants in Plitvice Lakes may not be someone messing around. THESE are the real Plivice Lakes, with no elephants, according to one poster.
This despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, came an immediate reply from another poster with elephant experience to share.
It didn’t take long for some of Croatia’s neighbours to comment – a commentary on customer service in Macedinia.
So are there elephants in Plitvice? There is only one way to find out – visit Plitvice, one of the great natural beauties of Europe, with or without elephants
If you have time to go through all the comments on the original Twitter post, they are gold.
