Dubrovnik

There is a city about a 3 hour drive from my town of Split called Dubrovnnik. It is one of the many tourist cities here in Croatia. One of our last free weekends before our season started us "foreigners" decided to make the trip to Dubrovnik. The drive was definitly amazing. We took the scenic route and drove along the coast for awhile and then we went through hills and some countryside and also on the highway, so it was quite the journey but worth it. We also had to drive through Bosnia for about 15 minutes. They even stopped us and asked for our passports!

Alot of cruise ships port there for a day so people can walk through the "Old City". The Old City is surrounded by fortress walls and inside the walls are old churches and buildings, tons of little shops and cafes and even some apartments.When we got there we had to find a place to park, which took us forever to find which is typical here in Croatia. Once we parked we had to go find where our apartment was for the night. We were carrying all our luggage and backpacks and ice chests for what seemed like forever. We had to go meet the lady from the apartment but we got lost with her directions so she sent her 8 year old daughter to come find us. Finally we found out apartment right outside the Old City walls. Here is a view of the Old City from out apartment.

As soon as we unpacked we headed straight for the beach. Here the beaches dont have sand, they have rocks and pebbles but if you want you can buy a chair and umbrella for 70 kuna, which is almost 15 dollars, so we settled on the rocky beach. But the day was still beautiful and so nice to relax on the beach.


After the beach we headed back to our apartment to get ready to go out for dinner and then walk around the inside of the Old City. We all love Mexican food so we saw this cute Mexican restaraunt, Chihuahua, and had to try it. It was definitely the spicest Mexican food I have ever had! But it was still good and the people there were very friendly even giving us a shot of some Croatian honey alcohol.


After dinner we walked around the inside of the City Walls admiring the old buildings and churches promising to come back tomorrow to get some souviegners.





We went back to the apartment for a little rest before we checked out the night life inside the fortress. How many people can say they went to a club inside a fortress?! We played a few rounds of catch phrase and then headed out. We had a great night dancing and meeting new people!

The next day we woke up and headed straight for the beach. While we were laying out we saw a big group of people settle down near us. We at first just thought it was some tourist group but it turns out a man was proposing to his girl. He got down on one knee and she said yes. Then out comes a man with a Bible and they get married right there on the beach. After their ceremony they all hung out at the beach and then a little while later we saw them have a reception at a local restaraunt. It was cute.


After the beach we headed back into the Old City walls to do some shopping and lunch. It was awesome to see in the daytime too. It really is incredible and beautiful seeing the old bulidings. After walking around for an hour or so and when everyone had bought their souveigners we headed to one of the little cafes in the narrow ally ways.




The weekend in Dubrovnik was by far one of the best places I have been to and it was an awesome weekend trip. I had a great time relaxing at the beach, seeing some old architexture and embracing some more of the Croatian culture!