Tirena Dubrava Dubrovnik

... to be fantastic so I wanted to check that out too. How I missed this information until now was beyond me!<br><br>We went to two tourist offices and received two different sets of directions &#8211; both of which turned out to be wrong! We are used to being lost by now though so we took it in our stride and eventually found the wine bar on our own. Unfortunately for us it didn&#8217;t open until 5pm so this was one experience we had to miss out on.<br><br>We walked over to a beach ...

We were woken up kind of early by "the niece" welcoming some new guests into our apartment. Sam got up and took the opportunity to ask her again, if and how, we could use the washing machine. Again, she gave a very vague and unhelpful reply that she didn't know how to use it and we'd have to wait until 4pm for her Aunt to get home and show us.<br><br>We didn't want to risk waiting until then for our washing to dry so figured it wouldn't be that difficult to work out and ...

... out. For the entire 3 and a half hour journey Dino had nothing else to do but look out the window, he swears to you that it was the same bloody island he looked at the entire time. The sea was so still that day that there wasn't even any motion of the boat to remind us that we were moving. With overpriced beer on board we couldn't even dull our senses to the this tedious journey. So far ferries are our least favorite form of travel. I tell you what ...

... heading back to the bus for the 4 hour drive to Dubrovnik.  Let me just say: It was the single most beautiful bus ride I have ever seen in my life.  Almost the whole time, we clung to the coast on our right, and the huge mountains on our left.  We drove by village after village clustered against the clear blue sea.  It was such a fun ride.  We made to pits stops, one of which was actually in Bosnia, which you have to cross part of to get to Dubrovnik.   So, add that ...

... squid, cheese and bread and BEER. There is so much food we could have shared just the prawns and Al enjoys it all. Couple of tables of Kiwis next to us. Time to pay and it's 295 Kuna but we only have Euro. Misunderstand how much in euro and hand the waiter (amazing blue eyes) 100 but he gives me a 50 back and says "no, 28, but I can only give you change in kuna. I say just make it 40 and he gives us ...

... Freedom and Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas were both in port which creates horrendous traffic jams through town. Scooters are the best way to get around Dubrovnik while I think walking may be faster than the busses which have to sit in traffic. Copacabana Beach is small and rocky but it is free! There is a small, uninhabited island nearby but swimming to it did not look like a good idea with all of the boat and jet ski traffic. Instead I just swam along the shore ...

... on the highway. I can do this! We have to go pick up Garionn at the hostel... she got food poison that night and was sick all night, so Ben and I went to go get the rental car. Up and down one ways trying to find our way to the city square... we do it! It was actually pretty easy to figure out. Run inside, grab our packs, hugs to Davora and Leo... and Davora says... you much hurry... you can't park our car out of the street... the police will come... we run! No ...

... euros), but the dodgy cops downgraded the fine to 300 kuna for paying cash on the spot. We figured the money went straight into their pockets. So, after arriving eventually in Drvnik, we parked and waited for the ferry to arrive. When it pulled in, with Andrew still fuming over his speeding fine, we tried to start the car, but the key wouldn't turn and panic set in. The ferry guy came over and told us we had seven minutes to get on board, so we applied a few drops of miracle ...

... which is a good thing. I took a few pictures of the ship at dock while Carol and Michael shopped the dockside tourist kiosks. I picked a few sprigs of Lavender and enjoyed the fresh air... back on board we watched a few minutes of the World Cup and then Michael was off to spinning class and me for a nap. Jeeze, I took a nap... I awoke as Michael returned all sweaty from his workout...... I sent him to the showers, and I went out on deck since ...

... at the bottom but it was so busy we decided to give it a miss and just have a walk about the park. It was a nice walk but sadly after visiting Plivitse Lakes last summer we didn't really fall for the beauty of the park staright away but thankfully by the time we headed deeper into the woodlands and the clear water had fish swimming all about us we enjoyed ourselves a lot more and realised what an awesome place we where in. The only down part of the day was after being in a ...