Saturday – Dubrovnik

This is my third cruise and today was the first time I’d ever had to deal with rain. We were in the Croatian seaport of Dubrovnik. Its Old Town is truly amazing. Fortified walls from the 15th century that had to be 10 feet (or more) thick. All of Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so all the structures in it are centuries old. There are two monasteries (Franciscan and Dominican) along with numerous churches and fountains. The main industry inside the walls is tourism, so there are shops of all types everywhere – on the main streets and down the little narrow side alleys. It’s very steep in some places and there aren’t a whole lot of hand rails so we were all a bit concerned about cracking our heads open, but it didn’t happen, thank goodness. After hanging about in town, we left at about 2:30 and headed back to the ship, where I finally got caught up on labeling the photos. Here’s one of the Pile Gate, the main entrance to the Old Town.




As we left the port, a storm came in and it’s quite the adventure bouncing around while trying to sleep!