A Little Bit Slower Now… | Adriatic Avventura

Being we are in the last days we actually took the morning an early afternoon off and enjoyed the hotel and a swim in the Adriatic Sea. Great waters, lingered out there longer than I planned. Not really a problem…. 🙂

One last tour, this time of Dubrovnik Old City. Diana (a music teacher during the year) took us up to the peak that overviews the city then on a walking tour in the Old City itself. Diana has lived in Dubrovnik all her life and was able to fill us in on the local history well. Most interesting we found was the her knowledge of the war that occurred here in the early 90s when Croatia broke off from Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Montenegro joined together to try to get Croatia as part of a “Greater Bosnia”. She (and others we talked to) were living here during the war and said many thought that the aggressors would never bomb Dubrovnik. Unfortunately they were wrong, with the high mountains surrounding Dubrovnik it was an easy target for artillery. After several years Croatia won but paid a heavy price in several cities. Diana said many here have no gripe with the peoples of Bosnia and Montenegro, only the leaders at the time, but they will never forget.

After the tour time for one last dinner in the Old Town, great local sea food with Kim getting the largest serving of Mussels (from Ston) that we have ever seen. After we lingered to listed to some music and Sydney made a new friend, Sasha from Slovakia, who was surprised that Sydney has actually been there. Sydney still wants to be a vet but I told her she would do well as a diplomat the way she makes friend. 🙂