Villa Pattiera Cavtat

... Bari Italy as it only goes on Tuesdays.<br>Went out to Katie O'Connors Irish Pub later and drank the worst tasting Kilkenny I've ever had. Went onto the Ozjusko after that.<br><br><br>Tuesday everyone in the hostel slept in after last night.<br>Nonie and me decided to catch the 3:15pm bus to Mostar in Bosnia instead of the ferry to Bari as it sounds really cool. <br><br>Called up Majda's Rooms Hostel ...

... hour to go to "East West," another club nearby that was host to the majority of SAS people and though we all stuck to the same group, I'm not ashamed to say that I did NOT leave the dance floor once in the three hours we were there (though I did quite overuse my 4 dance moves.... Krose and Whalley would be impressed). We had to leave at 2am though, thanks to SAS not offering tenders (water taxi's) back to the ship from 2am to 7am, so we rushed out ...

... So we planned for spaghetti the first night, and thosy tube noodles with a bit different sauce for the next. David and I also picked out 6 Croatian beers, bananas, cereal, milk, and hygiene products which are more expensive here (now we know why so many men stunk on the Greek Metro). I finally picked up some hair and body wash, and david needed some deodorant and menthols for his recent cough and congestion he had developed. Ok wow, way too much detail here. I probably ...

... valued and priceless objects of Dubrovnik's historic and cultural past. The Rector's Palace was built in 1435 and was the seat of government during the many centuries of Dubrovnik's independence. Nowadays it's a museum and art gallery housing paintings by the Venetian and Dalmatian masters. It also houses coins minted in the city in the five ...

... of the ocean and the city around you were too beautiful to describe. And the upside of all the rain was that there were barely any other tourists up there. So we've been thoroughly enjoying our fourth and final day in Dubrovnik, which more than makes up for the first three gloomy days here. If you ever have a chance, make sure to visit Dubrovnik, but do it after May when the weather is warm and sunny.

... for the next best slot. Aaarrrggghhh. Got to Dubrovnik hotel about 4.30 pm so a very long day (23hrs??). It wasn't helped that we decided a taxi to the hotel was best then figured we were paying Western Europe prices and not the Eastern we had hoped. But we were to find that the Dalmatian coast definitely costs the same as Western Europe, so if you expect Prague prices then you will be ...

... licenses! And that was only to get out of Montenegro... next was the boarder into Albania, where we went through the same thing! Luckily this one only cost us 20 euros! We had heard that the roads in Albania were pretty dodgy... not sealed etc so we were pleasantly surprised when we crossed over to half decent roads... we stopped and got our gas bottles filled for 2.50... bargain and then headed to ...

... of Dubrovnik, at the southern tip of Croatia). What a joy. We spent three nights and two days sunbathing and swimming. On the second day, we rented a boat and went swimming out at some of the little islands in the cove. No tourists to be seen out there and we got to go swimming au naturel. Bliss. In the evenings, we strolled the sea wall, watched the Hungarians beat the ...

... were 4 hours away. we drove. This turned out to be a great idea. We got into dubrovnik around 10 only to find that dubrovnik is much, much larger than we realized. So, after driving around in the dark for about 40 minutes we came upon a plan: we would eat a pizza, drink a beer, and see what happened next. What happened next was quite fortuitous. We found the "old city" found a nice place to stay in the more rural section and woke this morning to a gorgeous view of ...

... town, which was very convenient. Everything was walking distance, including the old palace and the water. So we took advantage and walked around the charming town, enjoying a spot of fine weather. We had a good lunch and toured the local Cathedral (historic, as they all seemingly are). By late afternoon, we decided to do something a little different with our rest period. Rather than shower, watch CNN, nap, etc., we decided to head to the local cinemaplex, where they were showing ...