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  Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Now, this place is really cool....a bit crouded with cruise ship tours, but still very cool. We were both surprised that the population was only about 50,000 people. We thought it was going to be bigger.

Dubrovnik did not let us down. Just like lots of other Eastern Europe cities, there is a nice wall built around the Old Town. The streets are of course narrow and no cars are allowed in Old Town which adds to the atmosphere.

The first day we did lots of wandering and taking in the cafe life. We stayed true to the European schedule..nap, late lunch around 2 pm, walk around, nap, walk around some more, dinner around 8:30 or 9 pm. All day, we had heard of a great pizza place called Mea Culpa and we had not seen it anywhere. Layton found a barber to give him his 4th haircut of the trip. This one cost more than all three of the others combined! He paid around $10 for this one and $8.50 total for the other three in India, Thailand, and China! SO cool! FINALLY, as we were walking back to our apartment, we found it! Such a fun feeling to find places you have been looking for all day (but did not have an address.) We had some awesome lasagne and pizza.

Our second day we did lots of climbing

old streets in Old Town

. We climbed up to the cross which took lots of stairs and 14 switchbacks to get there. The veiw was totally worth it though and we really like the hikes. We had a bit of lunch and took our regular siesta before heading to the city wall. This goes all the way around the city. The most shocking thing to see was the repaired roofs from where the city was bombed in 1991 by Serbia. They say that 70% of Dubrovnik's buildings were hit. So crazy for a city to have been around since the 7th century and still fighting wars for independence in 1991. These types of situations remind us as Americans that we have lots to be thankful for.

RANDOM:

We stayed in an apartment really close to the Place or Stadun (the main street in Old Town) which was a great location. We found out the family of the lady that runs the apartments has lived in Dubrovnik for five centruies! YIKES! 500 years in one city! How many Americans can say that?

Cokes are expensive here...like $3 for a 500 ml. Water is a bit pricier too..around $2. Wine is cheap though..$2.50 for a glass. NICE!

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cafe culture is everywhere	Layton getting his hair cut	great reflection in the mirror	Jana under Jana sign
old port at Debrovnik	really nice views from the top	cool old fort	monkey arms at cross we climbed to
another shot of city	monkey arms with Debrovnik in the background	amaying city	so amazing, LOTS of people come here
Mary holding Jesus	Old Onofrio fountain at Pile Gate	shot down the Placa	rebuilt wall and bombed buildings
Layton and the wall	nice and shiney vs. old and bombed roofs	sunset and vast water	just a cool view
Jana taking it a rest	old port side	looking back to fort st. john	these little huts were cool
someone doing their whites	some cool statue on the wall	just a picturesque city	Layton keeping watch at tower
looking up the mountian we climbed	yep, we went all the way up there	huge, old anchors	the old port
looking along the shore	bombed part of the wall	monestary and church towers	little guy ringing the bell
Layton and Dubrovnik	traditional view of Dubrovnik	easy, cool shots through windows	trying to show the old and new
old, old pharmacy from 1300's	Placa at night	such cool lighting at night

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