Saturday, June 16, 2018: Port of Call – Dubrovnik, Croatia

It was an early docking at Dubrovnik. I had some breakfast and waited for the traffic off the ship to die down before I left around 9:30.

There was supposed to be a shuttle bus from the ship to Old Town for €15 roundtrip and tickets available on the dock. Well there was a sign but nobody there. I asked one of the workers but he had no clue so I went back on the ship and went to guest services. I told the woman that there was a sign but no one there. She called and said, yes, there was someone there.

Back I went but still no one around. As I was leaving I had heard some people who were just coming back say they had hired a taxi who took them on a panoramic tour so I just did that.

It was actually a great tour. The driver was very knowledgeable and took me places the tour buses couldn’t get to. Plus, I didn’t have to do a lot of walking up and down since I wasn’t feeling all that well.

Lots of GreeneryThey are very proud of their bridge that was completed around 2004, 60 meters highFortress built in around 1262 in 100 days to keep Venetian awasyView from across the bridgeThe walled Old Town Looking to the South from above DubrovnikClear WaterOld area from past where they filmed a war sceneThe walls

For non-Game of Throne watchers, they filmed a lot in Dubrovnik. The Old Town is King’s Landing and the driver took me to another area where he said they filmed one of the battle scenes. Not sure which one, however. I don’t think he had actually watched it.

It is a beautiful city and area. I think I liked it better than anywhere else we went because it was so different.

When I got back to the ship I got a little lunch in the cafeteria then went and started packing. After that I lay down for a while and listened to my book. I was tired and still not feeling great.

About 4:30 or so I went to the pool deck and Don found me. We sat and talked for quite a while.

We all met up for dinner for our last night. We got the big round table again. They had a duck salad and a duck main dish so I got those. The duck breast was overcooked but still good.

I went back to my room after dinner and finished putting the last few things in my big checked bag and put it out to be picked up. Then I went to bed.