May 11, 2009Breakfast is from 7-10, so I slept in. Then I dressed and went down to eat. Oh my, what a spread. Cold cuts and cheeses and fruits and breads and cereals and eggs and sausages and pork chops and dates and yogarts and teas and juices and coffees. What a wonderful way to start my day in Croatia.
After breakfast, I walked down to Cavtat to catch the No. 10 bus to Dubrovnik. He left about two minutes before I rounded the corner, so I waited 30 minutes for the next bus to come. I paid my 12 Kuna (about $2) and rode the bus to Dubrovnik. The road is quite high and narrow and curvy, with tremendous views of the coastline and the sea. A couple KM before the Dubrovnik station, the driver announced the stop for Old Town, where about half the passengers got off, including me. We walked down, down, down to the town on steep stairs. You could easly tell when you arrived at the main gate because of the crowds. Intense. Sure doesn't look like a worldwide recession here.
I wandered around inside the walled city. It was getting quite hot, so I stopped for a beer and rested. Then I walked around some more. About three hours later, I figured I had seen most of the town, so I walked out a different gate and up the hill to where I though the bus stop would be. Nope. So I waked some more. Then along came the No. 10 to Cavtat, heading down the hill. So I knew I was on the right street. I turned around and walked about four blocks and there was the bus stop. Of course I had to wait another 30 minutes before the next bus came along. This was just as school let out, so there was a mob of high school kids at the bus stop, along with all the tourists. The ride home was standing up, which was interesting. The bus was packed and the driver was taking this twisty road quite fast (I thought). As he made the curves, I could feel the bus leaning - sometimes out towards the edge of the road. There were times where the cliff was so steep that I could see no ground at the edge - only water out there. But we made it back to Cavtat just fine and on time.I took a short nap in my room, as I was very hot and had done a lot of walking. Then I went down to register for the conference tomorrow and get my badge. The printer broke, so we will receive our picture badges tomorrow morning.
Tonight is the speakers reception from 7-9 p.m. and the conference starts tomorrow. Today was an enjoyable day.
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1 comments:
Well, it is very interesting to read about Dubrovnik experience from someone from so far away and not Croatian! It,s a shame that you went alone, because Dubrovnik needs company. For me, that is one of the most magical cities in the world. Anyway, the main thing is that you had good time in Croatia and hopefully you'll visit againa. Katarina.
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