Today is the last day in the beautiful city of Dubrovnik. The first destination on my itinerary is the old city walls. The wall around Dubrovnik was mostly constructed between 1100 and 1600 A.D., and runs around most of the old city stretching almost 2000 meters. For almost a thousand years the walls stood as a defense against invaders and were not breached until 1806 when Napoleon's armies were invited in. Today the wall is a tourist attraction that offers a gorgeous view of the city surrounding it.
Part of the reason that Dubrovnik is such a picturesque city is due to the fact that all of the house’s roofs look the same. They are all orange clay tiles that are pristinely clean. The effect of the similar looking roof is quite beautiful from the top of the walls. It makes the city very colorful and more like a fairy tale than ever. Walking around the walls was incredibly hot. By hot I mean insanely sweltering. I literally had sweat dripping in beads down my face. It looked like I took a shower. All in all, by the time I arrived down from the walls I was very much ready for the well deserved gelato that awaited me (Margaret- it was mint chocolate chip, I took a picture just for you ;) )
After sitting in the shade and eating my gelato quickly before it completely melted I ventured off to walk around the city for the last time. I encountered some very nice people selling hand made goods and the local markets are all about letting you try samples of the food so I didn’t really need lunch after that. Then I headed to the grocery store where I got some very yummy blood orange tea (all they have on the ship is Lipton, which gets old pretty quickly.) I hit up an internet café for a bit after that to do some updating on my blog and get some early dinner before it was back to the ship for the evening and on to Greece in just a couple of days!!
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