Day 1 in Dubrovnik was very wet and chilly, but that was not going to damper my spirits. I wandered around the Old Town for several hours down all the little streets looking at the magnificent old buildings. Dubrovnik is a walled city, so "Old Town" is within a 1.2 mile wall that wraps around town, it is 13-20 feet thick, depending on if it's on the sea side or land side, and has several turrets and towers to help protect the city. They starting building the walls in the 7th century and they protected the town for many centuries. In the 1970s the walls became a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the afternoon I took a combo tour of Dubrovnik and Game of Thrones. For those that do not know, Game of Thrones shoots in Dubrovnik, they use the landscape of the city for Kings Landing. It was cool to learn a bit about the history of the city, along with seeing some of the well known scenes from one of my favorite tv shows. (I walked the 'shame' steps)
The next day I took a day trip down to Montenegro. I met a group of Canadians and an English girl and spent the day with them. We went to Budva, Montenegro and then continued on to Kotor. I really enjoyed Kotor and wished that I had more time there to explore the gorgeous town. That evening our little group had dinner and wine together and enjoyed sharing stories about where we have been or where we are going on the rest of the trip. It was a pretty great day.
The next morning I had to wander Dubrovnik again, until it was time to board the ship at 1pm. The next 7 days will be sailing between several of the Croatian islands on my way up to Split, Croatia.
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