For many of us being in Croatia was indeed a first. Dubrovnik is known as the Pearl of the Adriatic and you can see why. It is a beautiful seacoast town on the eastern side of the Adriatic and was for many years an economic and political rival to Venice. Like many other coastal European towns it has had it's share of wars and battles over the years, the most recent being the Balkan War in the early90's. Some evidence still of that conflict and the emotional wounds are still healing.
Dubrovnik is a town of about 42,000 people and is very pretty. It has an old city and that was where we spent our day. Deen had arranged a private walking tour and the guide was excellent.
The old fountain dating from 1438.
The old revenue and customs office.
A view from the walls surrounding the old city.
More of the old city.
The two intrepid travellers.
After lunch Peter, Jan and I went up the cable car to the Imperial Fort while Deen went T shirt shopping.
A great view of the old city.
Hot and tired we returned to the ship. There will be Croatian entertainment on board this evening and in the morning our floating hotel will drop us off in Kotor, Montenegro.
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