Friday, August 12, 2011

Dubrovnik






On Wednesday, we woke up in Dubrovnik, Croatia. We had no excursions booked, so we took a shuttle to the Old City. It was a beautiful town, arguably the most beautiful place I’ve ever been to. The water was clear and blue, the air was clean, the town was polished, and the people were very nice and proud of their heritage. We took a cable car to a lookout point in the mountains next to the city. The panoramic view was spectacular. We then went back down to the town, and we walked the city walls. Dubrovnik is a walled city that has the wall intact and open for tourists to walk. Croatia is not part of the EU, so our Euros were only slightly more useful that dollars, however the exchange rate was fantastic. Something that was 230 Kuni was only 31 Euros. Dubrovnik was a beautiful city, and one that I will look to revisit someday soon.

We spent the entire day there, returning to the ship only about 45 minutes before the all aboard. Then we watched the ship sail out to sea. After dinner, we watched the ice skating show, then we saw The Beatle Maniacs, a Beatles tribute band. They played for about 2 hours and knew the catalog well. After the concert, we headed back to our room to watch the Royal Promenade Parade from our in room window.