Dreamy Dubrovnik

Our second day in Dubrovnik was magical, start to finish. It was the stuff of vacation dreams! We started with crepes in the main square and then made our way to the city walls to begin our walk around them. Even though it was hardly 10am, it was already hot as the dickens with the sun blazing. We walked only a 1/3 of the city wall, doing the stretch recommended by Rick Steves. Lots of stairs, but fantastic views over the city and out to Lokrum, the island we would visit the following day.

Up on the wall.

The roofs of Dubrovnik. The bright orange tiles are replacements for the roofs bombed out during the war in the 90s. 

Sun's out, guns out.

The tower with no doors- or at least Pete told me that is what it is called in Game of Thrones.

We escaped the heat of the walls and headed to a shaded park, just outside of the old town. Jude's favorite feature was there- a fountain!

We continued touring old town.

Lots of stray cats.

No photographs allowed inside, but this church had the most beautiful blue ceiling. 

We found the other Buza bar! So relaxing to enjoy a drink in the shade by the sea.

After a quick lunch, we went back to our Sobe for a 2 hours siesta. Like I said, a very dreamy day! When we were all up, we walked to Banje beach just outside of the city walls. Croatian beaches are rocky, which Jude loved. We brought along a plastic bowl and he just sat. Rocks in, rocks out, rocks in, rocks out.

A fun day at the beach (even if the facial expression doesn't show it!)

With Jude still on a late bedtime schedule, we ended the day by taking the cable car to the top of the mountain behind Dubrovnik to watch the sunset over dinner.

Dinner with a view!

Sunsetting over Croatian Islands

Sunsets are very romantic

Dubrovnik city walls at dusk.

We were there for Dubrovnik's Summer Festival so I took a stroll after Jude was asleep. A group of 4 Croatian tenors were singing on a stage set up in front of the cathedral. Tickets were required to enter, but the sounds filled the whole square and were enjoyed by all.