Photos...maybe

On the Dubrovnik Wall. This thick wall surrounds the Old Town and helped keep Dubrovnik a free Republic for centuries. The Venician Republic was their worst enemy. Oh, and also Adriatic pirates.
A city street going down to the Stradum (main street) close to my hotel. My hotel entrance is in a street like this. Actually it is an apartment room, not a hotel room. The tiny streets and high buildings actually help keep the streets cooler and catch any stray breezes.
City of Dubronik from the Wall. You can see the other side of the wall in the upper middle.
The Buza cafe from the wall. Bill Gates goes here when he's around. Below this is the Buza beach where the locals swim. There is a little ladder going out into the water.
Looking down to the main street from the wall. This is the same view you get from the web cam link I have on my blog.
In front of the Tirana on one of the islands.
Susana, from Croatia, and I on the Tirana.
Well, we,ll see. I'm at another place not far from my hotel. There's two cruise ships off the Old Port today and I hear lots of Americans! The place is packed with them & they are all melting in the heat. There is a breeze today though, but steamy, humid clouds in the sky. I'm going to head out soon and find a beach, with hopefully, a tiny bit of shade for me to laze in. The water is soo refreshing, though. And if it clouds up a bit, I may try to brave the walking tour before cleaning up for dinner. What else??

Chloe is gone to the Backpacker hostel, so I have my place to myself. The air-conditioning works well after the sun goes down & at least adequately during the day. I tell you it is hot! So good for my skin! The Ragusa 2 hotel is also a restaurant on the restaurant street. I haven,t eaten there yet, but Chloe did & said it was OK. Well, I have had breakfast there a couple of times, but their coffee is not so good. It's better to sit at one of the cafes outside the wall, quieter, shadier and breezier.

Lora told me about the Buza beach, where the locals swim. I checked it out, but it's outside the wall on the cliff side of the city! Lots of steep steps to get up and then down to. The beaches here are either rocks or cement. No sand, unless I go out to Lopud to the skinny-dipping beach.
; 0 I hear it's really popular with the Germans, but, I suppose I'll leave it for them. Besides which it's a half-hour walk from the village...too HOT! So, I'm headed a short way out the Ploce gate to the public beach or maybe I'll get through one of the fancy hotels and use their beachfront, like we do in Mazatlan. : )

Maybe it'll rain a bit. Will still be hot, but maybe a welcome change. This computer is really the American type, with the z and y and puncuation marks in the right spot. OK, well you have a taste of the sites in/around Dubrovnik, though it's not like being here. Off to the water now,

Steph