Dubrovnik

Thursday 28 July 2005

We bought tickets for Sarajevo for Friday 8am then walked a hilly 3 km to Dubrovnik walled town. This is the most substantial walled medieval city wall still in existence. We took in a museum and walked the entire wall, another 2km. The original city state was in a very defensive position. The Serbs shelled it in 1993 - a pointless exercise militarily. The relatively minor damage has been repaired. Dubrovnik is a jewel of a place, with a relaxed Mediterranean lifestyle. We soaked up the atmosphere at the Harbour and at a little restaurant on the waterfront.

Hvar Island

Korcula Island

Medieval Wall

Wednesday 27 July 2005

Caught the ferry at 10am and baked in the sun for 4 hours on the top deck. Beautiful ocean with rugged islands - very mountainous. We got off at Vela Luka and had a tense couple of moments until little miss pushy got us seats on the bus to Korcula. She adopted a low body height and drove through the crowds with little short legs pumping furiously! The bus ride took us through little Terra Cotta villages perched on steep rocky slopes. The island exists on wine making, olive growing and tourism. The last part of the ferry trip took us past more rough mountain terrain to Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic. A woman offered us a room three minutes away - turned out to be 10 minutes away - Patsy pace. Fell into bed at 11pm.

Looking Back at Split