Our flights were uneventful.
The old town of Dubrovnik is beautiful. We're staying in an apartment in the car-free medieval old town. It is surrounded by walls up to 10 feet thick and 30 feet high built as early as the 1200's. The town is made up of lots of charming little lanes, about 7 feet wide- a size one man could defend during an attack in medieval times. Many lanes have outdoor tables of restaurants and cafes taking up half the space. The people are so friendly, happy, relaxed and helpful and speak English
For breakfast, we bought dried figs and candied orange peel at the farmers' market and ate them with espresso and pastries. For lunches and dinners, fresh seafood is typical.
We walked on the top of the wall that surrounds the town. It climbs up and down lots of stairs and took about one and one-half hours, but it wasn't too hot or too crowded with tourists. This is a great time to come here. The views of the Adriatic Sea are spectacular.
After lunch we rented kayaks and paddled along the city walls and then out to a nearby island, Lokrum, and paddled around it. It had rock cliffs with caves and areas of rocky beaches. We paddled along the shore around Dubrovnik then back.
We just had Croatian beer at a bar on the side of the cliffs overlooking the Adriatic. The weather is perfect, sunny and warm, but not too hot.
Tomorrow we are taking a bus tour to Montenegro--after all the climbing and paddling today-sitting on a bus may be the most we are able to do :)
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That sounds really fun! What kind of Croatian beer did you drink? Zlatorag?
Glad your flight went well.
The beer was Ozujsko, not Zlatorag. We'll look for that next time.
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