So, JaNae wanted me to blog on the last half of our holiday; only she did 3 of the 8 days! So, it looks like I'm doing most of the work here.....just keeping points ;-)
Day 4: Dubrovnik
So, we get to port after another lovely breakfast (not really - food wasn't that great) and wonderful swim. The port was quite a ways from the heart of Dubrovnik! We all set out to get on a bus to take us to the 'old city', only about half of us make it onto the bus though because it was so packed! Luckily, we made it. The walk to the old city was all uphill and about 1.5 miles; not bad, but it was HOT out. Dubrovnik was such a lovely city! We got a tour around the city from one of the locals - her English was pretty good and she made really funny jokes! At the end of the tour, we went to the 'Hole in the Wall' bar. We literally walked up some stairs and walked into a short doorway in a huge brick wall! We turned a corner and next thing we know, there is a bar built into the rocks and people are jumping off cliffs and rocks into the ocean! Pretty cool, huh?!?!
Next, we have a walk around the city - literally! The old city is surrounded by a huge wall; there are only two ways into the city. So of course we have to walk it to take in the views. Holy cow - we've never climbed so many stairs in such a short amount of time before. Whoever said that London is a natural stairmaster had NEVER been to Dubrovnik! It was amazing though! Then we went to the 'bucket bar' - yes, drinks in buckets! Yummy! The dancing was good, but yes, again we were old and left around midnight. Oh right, but that 1.5 mile walk back to the boat.....that was long, cold and got lost a couple times. Phew - glad that night was over!
Day 5: Mljet
Okay, this wasn't the smallest town we went to (that would have been Trstenik) but it was tiny! Thankfully, there was a HUGE national park there. Everyone in the boat decided to go to the park and have some exercise time! Some people went biking and others (us) went on a canoe; yes, JaNae and I in a canoe. The only thing I can say about that is, if you love your partner NEVER get into a canoe together! We didn't work our oars correctly or in sync.....but we made it! It is an experience we will never forget, but won't ever need to do again. Back to the boat and time for dinner! After a not-so lovely meal, we took a walk along the port (yes, it only took an hour because we walked at 0.00001 MPH. There were restaurants and private yachts all along the harbor, but each restaurant had fish tanks. They will filled with exotic fish and lobster that had been caught that day! We were a bit upset that we didn't know about this before having a crappy dinner somewhere else! We would have eaten TONS of lobster. Anyway, having nothing else to do on this island, we turned in. Some of the others on the boat though decided to drink on the beach a bit longer (yes, those in their early 20s). I guess the locals aren't too keen on loud noise, so yes...they called the cops! Don't worry, no body went to jail but we did hear a LOT of screaming and people running :)
Day 6: Korcula
I think this is my favourite city that we visited. It could have been that our tour guide was the same age and looked EXACTLY like my Grandma or that the city streets were built to resemble fish bones or that the lobster was amazing and cheap!!!! We had another tour around the city and saw some amazing, old buildings, had a free glass of wine, then took a lovely walk around the port. We walked for a bit, but only made it a tiny way along the coast. We decided we were going to have a very nice dinner in this city; so we found a place where the lobster was reasonably priced and we tried to order some dinner. Of course, the lobster they had were already spoken for! UGh! But, they recommended another restaurant not too far away. We went on our way and were the only people in this recommended restaurant. Before we even decided to eat there, one of the waiters brought us a free drink :) And, the other guy brought us out the lobster and told us how much each one cost (yea - way super cheap!!!) so we sat down and had our meal. Two plates of shrimp, two lobster, two before dinner drinks, two deserts, and two more free whiskeys later we were DONE! It was amazing and so cheap! Next we make our way to one of the bars to meet up with the rest of the group. Of course it was fun - everyone on our boat was lovely!
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