Dubrovnik

Got here about 2 pm on Friday Ive dreamed of seeing the city for years and for once the photos dont do it justice. Its impossible beautiful. The difference between Sarajevo and Dubrovnik is like night and day. Sun, temps in the 70s and 80s, friendly people used to tourists, blinding white limestone buildings, crystal clear water just warm enough to swim in. The town is packed with Italians today so Im off to a little beach tucked into a southwest facing cove. There were only about a half dozen people there yesterday.

Im not sure that I want to leave here!

Lyle

The photo of the funky little half cave house is just outside of the walled part of Dubrovnik, it seems so timeless like so much of the city. The photograph of the city was from the island of Lokrum, which is about a 15 minute ferry ride from the city. There was a monastery, a small botanic garden, a ruined fortress, ruined by the Serbs by the way. It made for a great day trip. I found a southwest facing cove and spent a couple of hours taking the sun.

Dubrovnik was heavily shelled during the war and the old town received a lot of damage. It's almost impossible to tell now as most has been repaired. There are still bullet holes in a lot of the stone buildings and some of the stucco buildings, especially in the part of town that I stayed in haven't been repaired. It's hard to imagine that the Serbs could so willfully destroy such a thing of beauty, but then the Croats destroyed the 15th century arched bridge in Mostar so....

The people in Dubrovnik were truly some of the friendliest I'd met. It's definitely a place I'll back to.

The photo with the goal painted on the wall was a little soccer field within the walled city. I can't imagine what it must be to live in a place with a constant flow of tourists.