Sophistivacation

The last week has just flown by and we have seen and done so much. Today is a day to relax and take it easy, and enjoy the last of the sun. After a late breakfast, we wandered to the old town and to the Rectors Palace; we wanted to make use of the Dubrovnik pass again. It was interesting but didn't take too long to walk around. Instead of running around like crazy, we went to a café that had been recommended to us. It was called the Micro Caffe Bar which was a short distance from the palace. We both enjoyed a coffee in the roasting hot sun, and decided it was time for a beer instead. As I mentioned yesterday, we had seen a little bar on the side of the cliffs while we were walking the walls. There was no seats in the sun, but we were happy enough in the shade listening to music. After a beer or two, we went for another drink followed by a pizza and bruschetta lunch (you'll notice, its not a very attractive picture!). It was still too hot, so we decided to go to a bar and have a...

  I could get used to this breakfast, take note Iain! We left the hotel just before 10am, with a short walk to the fountain within the city walls on the cards; we are starting the day with a history walking tour with our guide for the next 1.5 hours, Zoran.  The first stop was back outside the walls at St Lawrence Fort where we learned about the first settlement in the first half of the 7th Century. Zoran was a historian, and was keen to tell us everything, which I clearly can’t remember!  After the first stop, we walked back into the walled city via Pile Gate; outside practically every entrance to the city is a statue of St. Blaise, the patron saint of Dubrovnik. You can always tell it is him, as in every statue, he is holding a miniature walled city in his hand.  The next stop was Onofrio’s fountain, built in 1438 and decorated with ornate figures. The fountain also took a direct hit during the Seige in 1991, but it has the most amazing spring water, which you can ...

Well now we know all the filming locations of Game of Thrones! Today was Game of Thrones (GoT) tour day where we were taken around lots of the filming locations and shown where and how HBO adapted Dubrovnik to fit with the filming. But first, we started the day with breakfast in the hotel; now this wasn’t just any breakfast, there was a full continental breakfast including bread, croissants, boiled eggs, fruit, ham, chicken, cheese, yoghurt, mozzarella, olives, tomatoes, peppers, hummus, fresh orange juice, water and coffee! Breakfast was excellent and we were very full and looking forward to walking off all the calories. We met our guide, Roko, for our GoT tour at the fountain just outside Pile Gate. The first stop was Fort Lovrijenac, or as many might know, the “Red Keep,” or at least one version of the Red Keep! We took a few pictures, before heading to the old town, now with ear phones to listen to the guide. There were various locations filmed in the old town, but the Main Street ...