After a fantastic and refreshing night of sleep, Steph and I got an early start to the morning. We headed back down to Old Town so we could walk the walls around the city before the crowds appeared.
Even though the ticket was a little expensive, the picturesque, orange-tiled views from the walls of this fortress made the 150 kuna totally worth it. You could really understand why Game of Thrones decided to use this Medieval city as the setting for King's Landing, the capital of Westeros where the Lannisters (and the Iron Throne!) reside. I could clearly visualize scenes of the show from certain look out points, like the Red Keep and the staircase where the infamous "walk of shame" occurred. I couldn't stop exclaiming how beautiful the city was the entire time. I seriously almost cried at one point. While up there, I also bought my magnet for the city of Dubrovnik, as well as a little tapestry of Croatia to hang in my room. By the time we finished walking the walls an hour and a half later, we were starving. We stumbled upon a cheap hamburger place down a little alleyway and happily plopped down. I ordered a huge guacamole burger and fries, and ate the whole thing. We both also got gelato afterwards (coconut for me, caramel for Steph), which we ate by the waterside. Then we went in search of an "I <3 Dubrovnik" shirt since Steph collects them from every city she visits. After we finally find one (it was surprisingly hard actually), I ended up buying a cheap, cute fedora at a nearby shop. I swear, whenever I go outside, my forehead gets lobster-red instantly. The sun has a nice canvas with my large, transparently white forehead. I did make sure to wear sunscreen today, but the direct sunlight from the walls still did a number on my. So hopefully the fedora does its job! Afterwards we walked back on the main road for a bit to see a different view of the Old City. We got some good pictures, and then quickly realized how tired we both were. Since we'd finished everything we really wanted to do in this part of Dubrovnik for the day, he headed back to our hostel (which we thankfully now how to get to now, ugh) to rest and to start woking on the rest of our travel plans. This break was originally only supposed to last a few hours, after which we would head into the New Port area for dinner, but we stayed at the hostel for the after rest of the afternoon. By 8:00 pm, we were both quite hungry again and were unable to lie to ourselves about being able to wait to eat until the morning, so we finally wandered outside. We went to the first open place we saw: an itty bitty bakery. We both got a pizza pastry and an apple strudel. Back at the hostel, out roommate was eating his sushi outside on the terrace, so we joined him in the brisk, clear night. Now, I'm off to bed for another early day. New destination: Split, Croatia.
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Hannah BisbingStudent @ Penn State. Figure skater. Writer. Traveler. Coffee fanatic. Foodie. Semi-professional people watcher who recently returned home from backpacking around Europe. All photos taken by me, unless otherwise noted.
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