Daniel

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Day 11: Dubrovnik, Croatia

When we arrived in Dubrovnik we were surprised to see 7 other cruise ships. This made getting around challenging. Dubrovnik was breathtakingly beautiful!!! I would LOVE to visit here again. The sea and trees were so pretty! The old Dubrovnik was full of neat shops and very friendly people. This was one of my favorite stops for sure! Old Dubrovnik is surrounded by a huge brick wall and is located on the Dalmation coast of the Adriatic Sea.

A close up of the wall surrounding historic Dubrovnik


When we walked up to the entrance to the wall, I felt like we were about to enter a castle.

Onofrio's Fountain, a free public drinking fountain


A close-up to the fountain and a musician playing in front of the fountain

Some of the people of Dubrovnik



Stradun, Dubrovnik's main street

Some of the beautiful architecture:

Church of St. Blasius
The Orlando statue the symbol of a free city


The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is in the background and Rector's Palace is to the left in that same picture

Another view of Rector's Palace




Dubrovnik bridge of Franjo Tuđman

Some of the lifeboats we tendered in on


A view of the Adriatic Sea.... isn't the water beautiful?


Robert, me, mom, and dad as we are waiting to ride the tender back to the ship.

2 comments:

Brad said...

wow ... Croatia is pretty.

Holly said...

Simply beautiful. :)