Dubrovnik
Trip Start
May 25, 2008
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Trip End
May 25, 2009
Dubrovnik,
Croatia
Friday, July 18, 2008
Got an early bus to Dubrovnik today, it was so hot!! Met our apartment owner and ascended the 163 steps required to actually reach the apartment. Harder than it sounds in the blazing heat when youre wearing a 15kg backpack! But worth it in the end, we have an amazing view over the city walls and the fortress. Went into the old town to have a look, WOW, white marble and terracotta roofs everywhere!!! And the old town was so well preserved! Definitely a highlight of the trip so far, it was the most beautiful town Ive ever seen.
Walked around the city walls and visited the Franciscan Monastery Museum, then went out for dinner to a fancy restaurant to say bye to everyone...Ive got so used to all the different personalities and will really miss them when they leave :(
Day 2
Today the people left in our group decided to charter our own boat to take us to Lokrum Island
Main drag, Dubrovnik
. Worked out to be just a little cheaper than the ferry with 10 of us, and our Captain said he would take us wherever we wanted to go during that time! I brought along a breakfast picnic of bread, cheese and fruit. We sailed around the city walls and around the Lapad Peninsula before going to Lokrum Island. Its an island right off Dubrovnik which was thick with pine trees and rocky beaches. It also has lots of resident peacocks :) Once we got to the Island, everyone jumped in the water except me...I gradually had to acclimatise myself to the water as it was absolutely FREEZING!!! After our swimming at Lokrum we still had plenty of time, so our captain took us to a small sandy beach with a coffee shop and we just spent the rest of our time there before heading back.
After those adventures I headed off to look for my new apartment, but became hopelessly lost somewhere on the Lapad Peninsula and had to utilise my rusty Polish (which is thankfully similar to Croatian) to figure out where I was and get to my street, as not a soul there spoke English.
I met Don, Janet, Mari, Sean and Lynn back on our secret beach and we had a snack of cold meats (not me obviously), cheese, bread, wine, olives, salsa, chips, etc, whilst watching the sun set!! Then we went to a restaurant right on the harbourside for some pizza, followed by an icecream for dessert in memory of Rachel! Great night!
