One of the “must do” things in Dubrovnik is walking along the top of the old city walls. Knowing this is popular with tourists (especially from the cruise ships) we dug deep and managed to get up and out by 8am. The walls had amazing views outside of the city, as well as into the city, including great views into the local backyards and patios!
Jess was overjoyed with all of this, and proved without a doubt that she is her father’s daughter by taking approximately one gazillion pictures.
After walking the walls, we also took a quick jaunt just outside the walls to climb all over the fort shown in a few of the pictures above that overlooks both the city and walls.
It was here, where Jess’ unstoppable desire to climb. every. single. stair. was finally thwarted!
After the fort we sauntered over to one of the two “buzas” located on the rocks just outside the walls. They are essentially very mellow bars balanced over the edge of the sea cliffs. We had a couple beverages and took in the view.
On the way back from the buza, Jess’ eagle eye vision spotted a wallet tucked into a window grate. We could tell it had been lost and took it upon ourselves to get it safely to the proper authorities. Fortunately, we could see it belonged to a nice Italian man, Luca, so Jess was able to append an Italian version of my email to him.
Luca – if you are reading us, write us back!
From there we hustled back to catch our ferry to Korčula, our first Croatian island destination. As soon as we landed our AirBnB host met us and walked us into town. Seconds after walking in, we saw the main church bell tower and knew we had to climb it (per our personal rule of thumb).
From the tower, we also spotted this gem: Massimo Cocktail Bar. It’s a cocktail bar at the top of an ancient stone turret, with bumping music, and a ladder inside to get to the top. The drinks were tasty, the view was grand, and our safety was only somewhat questionable. All in all, a good time!
For dinner we followed our noses which led us to a spot with tasty charcoal grilled meats. A pre-dinner digestif, a mixed meat platter, and a bottle of the local red wine was all we needed to know Korčula was definitely a place we’d like to revisit again someday!
-G & J