Synagogue Dubrovnik

I thought my arrival at Zagreb's airport confirmed that it was a small airport. Leaving Zagreb for Dubrovnik confirmed it even further. Craig and I arrived at the airport 90 minutes before our domestic flight. We were the first to check in and "not allowed" to even go through security until 40 minutes before the flight. After an hour's delay on the …

September 3, 2012

After a late festive night and goodbye to Craig, I slept for about an hour before again catching a one-way flight back to Dubrovnik. My original travel plans had a slight hitch and I adjusted, but as a result, it unfortunately meant that I would have to double back with my travels briefly.

For a week-plus, it …

... the main gate marking in detail every spot that was damaged during the war. As the city was a UNESCO World Heritage site, Dubrovnik received extra outside attention and funding for repairs when it was safe to rebuild. There were some photos of the war I ...

... walk on the city walls - which provided some awesome views over the city. I visited the Old Synagogue, where an exhibit has been set up about the Dubrovnik ghetto in the 16th and 17th centuries. I also saw a photography exhibit in one of the galleries ...

Day 3 I started the day with a walking tour of the Jewish quarter of Dubrovnik. Interestingly enough, there has been a small Jewish community in the city since the 13th century and they have always been a big part of the city.The tour walked us through ...

... spooked but eventually found it. The next day we took a boat over to Lokrum, and island just 10 minutes ride from Dubrovnik, a UNESCO protected forest vegetation reserve. It was an unspoilt paradise, we swam in a salt-water lake with rock-face sides ...

... couple who didn't live far from our old apartment. We all remarked that we couldn't believe we were eating pizza in Dubrovnik, and enjoyed some familiar conversation for the rest of our meal. We began a full scale exploration day with, you guessed ...

... and funloving people.  Our host served the best homemade red wine we have ever tasted! On to Croatia and the beautiful old city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage site and known as the "pearl of the Adriatic" with Gothic Renaissance and ...

... crossing guard refused to stamp our passports, but she wisely chose not to pursue the matter further. Before long, we reached Dubrovnik and easily found the Hotel Neptun. We checked in and were quite pleased with the setup. The rooms are recently ...

... them, because today it is the busiest tourist spot in this region. And preciously because of this, I found it not that enchanting. Dubrovnik is the Little Venice – a place where time has stopped, so you find lot of well-preserved old buildings and ...

... some more. Down from the walls we wandered around the Old City a bit, saw a procession of locals in traditional garb, and then found the Synagogue but it was too late to go in and look. We left the Old City and went to the restaurant at the bottom of our ...

... , as they’ve been named, managed to hold off the far better armed and trained Yugoslav army. The besieged Dubrovnik population stayed put, taking shelter from bombardment in their cellars and sometimes in the forts in the medieval town walls, the ...