54 Days on the Moon

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Diner was again in La Terraza as we were dining with the hotel director Paolo. Once again it was with another Australian couple. The 4 of us had also had dinner with the Captain on the last cruise.
It was a great night with lots of conversation.
It naturally was Italian wines that were presented.


I had the Pappardelle with duck ragu and the Branzino.



Mrsdrron had the Carpaccio and the fish of the day.


We all declined desserts.

 

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Sail out is often just as good as the sail in with lots of lights.

 

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Friday and we are in Dubrovnik. Rojaan's back acting up again so I went into town alone. No excursion really appealed. From our balcony as we anchored.




The Wind Surf beat us there.






As soon as the excursions had been tendered in I was on the first independent tender. I headed for the cable car. Up a lot of stairs.


Then walked alongside the walls to the upper gate. So views down the narrow laneways,

 

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Now outside the inner walls.









An easy walk up to the cable car and after parting with 27 euros was on my way.

 

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And the views from the top.

 

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The airport in the distance.







To the south the mountains are the border with Montenegro and to the east Bosnia and Herzegovina. This caused massive problems for Dubrovnik in the 1990s war.

 

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Drilling for something.

 

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And down I go.

 

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Next I embarked on my next adventure - walking the walls. First had to get over the shock of having to fork out 35 euros to inflict th pain of going up and down stairs on myself. Fortunately I have finally mastered the task of going up stairs which in recent years has caused a few tumbles as due to my peripheral neuropathy I have significant foot drop. Now with every step up I say to myself "lift" so I don't forget. Such a simple thing means once again I can go upstairs with confidence and do it in less time.
So here I go.

 

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Some stunning views.



The water is so clear.

 

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Every so often they have little cafe for a rest and sustenance.

 

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A woman was swimming off these rocks.



Sea kayaks everywhere.







Up to 75% of buildings in the old town had to be rebuilt after the 1990's war. Dubrovnik was heavily attacke by artillery fire for a considerable period.

 

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I finally perfected pigeon talk. This fellow just kept looking at me and didn't fly away until a group of people arrived.





Don't want these fellows job.

 

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