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“"Those who seek paradise on earth should seek it in Dubrovnik" - George Bernard Shaw” |
We had another talk by Grace Fielder this morning to help prepare us for the next few days here entitled "Dubrovnik-Ragusa: Pearl of the Adriatic". She borrowed part of her title from a quote by Lord Byron when he spoke of Dubrovnik.
We disembarked our ship at around 1 p.m. and took the tender to the old port next to the walled city of Dubrovnik (pronounced as our guide informed us with the accent on the first syllable "Dub" rather than on the second one "brov" as many people say it). There we met our guide, Victor and our group followed him on a walking tour of the old town. It included going inside the Cathedral/Treasury, the Rector's Palace which houses the Museum, and walking down the Stradia (Placa), the main wide street past the Big Fountain of Onofrio. After more walking and more history, the tour was over and we grabbed a table at the little cafe nearby and had some Coca Cola Light (same thing as Diet Coke).
Gary wanted me to mention that "Dubrovnik is infested with tourists". "Nothing a good tenting wouldn't solve", he added. It was probably worse than usual as there were between 6 and 11 ships anchored there that day, depending on who you talked to. It was also a Saturday. I hear that there were more ships than usual as some cruise lines are repositioning their ships for the summer season....... anyway is was really bad. It was much better after 5 PM after they all left.
Off to the internet cafe to upload four more days of my journal. Gary has really helped me greatly by resizing some of his pictures to add to these pages. We've been adding more than three pictures some days so always check out the "more photos" button on each entry. I haven't worked with any of my photos yet but will do so after we return home on July 4th.
Next on the agenda was going up into the old fort near the old city. It looked like it would be a nice view but after about 100 steps, I let Gary climb it himself this time. I'm a bit sore from the 1360 plus stairs in Kotor yesterday.. :-(
As I sat waiting for Gary to return, one of the three ships anchored near our's left. It was so massive as it passed by the old city wall (blasting it's horn) - Wow, I am sooo happy to be on the Royal Clipper.
The old city walls and the walkway around the top was the next activity calling to us. Yes, there were more stairs but we were rewarded with very nice views. This city was hit very hard during the war in the early 90's and they have been able to repair a lot of the damage to the buildings and roofs. We stopped about half way around the city for a rest and some ice cream... :-)
We took the tender back to the ship for dinner and stayed the rest of the evening. We set sail at midnight...
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