It's been a busy day. We started with an Early Bird tour of Dubrovnik. It began at 8AM which allowed us to miss most of the crowds. The tour guide was fabulous and we learned a lot about the history of the town. They have been taken over multiple times by Venice, France, Austria, rebuilt after earthquakes and fires, and most recently survived being attacked by Montenegro. They have 54 Catholic Churches within a very small area which was intentional to avoid the Venetians from attacking. They have rebuilt many times and the town is amazing. It gets really crowded so we were glad we visited in the evening and early morning. We walked through in the afternoon after returning from our island visit and it was pretty mobbed.

From Dubrovnik we took a ferry to the island of Lokrum. This place was truly magical. The views of the sea and swimming areas were wonderful and they had ruins from Maximilian's residence from the the 1800s. The magical part included the island's peacocks which roam freely all over the island. It's very strange looking up on the beach or at lunch and seeing a peacock standing next to you. It was definitely a memorable afternoon. 

We heading to the southern part of where we are staying to visit the Cave Bar. The bar is a real cave that was discovered when they built the Hotel More. They incorporated the cave into their lower level bar. It is definitely unique and a fun place to have a drink. 

                                Dubrovnik's water fountains which still provide drinking water.
                                                    One of the many churches

Game of Thrones Stairs-part of the series was filmed here.

                                            Another church
                         Entrance to the harbor area where we took the ferry to Lokrum, leaving Dubrovnik

                                             Street view Dubrovnik   

                                                Game of Thrones throne in Lokrum
                                                Interesting palm tree


                                                    Random path in Lokrum
                                            Part of the ruin of Maximilian's home in Lokrum
                                            One of the paths around the island
                                            Peacock crossing the road
                                            baby peacocks

                                                    Peacock at our lunch table.

                                                Peacock by the 'beach' chairs
Seagulls in Deauville, pigeons in Montenegro and Peacocks in Croatia on the beach
                                                Near our beach chairs
                                    Randomly resting peacock (sorry about so many peacock pictures)

Swimming area that was great to swim in but I wasn't a fan of sitting on the rocks. No one will be surprised that Jack actually fell asleep laying on rocks. These were not little crushed pebbles, but good sized rocks.
                                            Swimming area
view from the chairs we eventually moved to when I had enough of the rocks

                                                    view from the chairs

                                            View of Dubrovnik from the ferry
                                            some of old town
Another random cat-the tour guide explained the cats were brought in centuries ago to kill the rats that caused the plague. They have thrived. She also explained other techniques they used to minimize the spread of the plague which were largely successful. 
                                                Cave bar
                                        Outside the Cave bar, on the Adriatic
                                                        Cave bar






                                                    Reason to go to the Cave bar.



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  1. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2024 at 6:41 PM

    I am loving reading your blog. You two look like you are having a great time. FYI. The palm Jack is standing under is a sago pine. They are all over California. Sandy P

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  2. MarySeptember 10, 2024 at 2:37 PM

    Thanks for sharing the history and the peacocks

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