Life Eaters

The old town of Dubrovnik is one of the best preserved walled cities in the world, and is a UNESCO world heritage sight. Since it was build over 1200 years ago it has seen many rulers and wars, and remains an impenetrable fortress even up until the Croation war in 1991. One of the first things we did here was to walk the walls, which do a 2km loop around the town. This walk gives amazing views of the orange roofed stone buildings on one side, and the Adriatic sea on the other.

After the was we made a stop for a cold drink at cafe bar Buža. To get there, you literally enter through a hole in the city wall and come out on the rocks lining the sea-side of the wall. There are umbrellas and tiny cafe tables along the rocks, and stone steps going down to the water where you could take a cool swim in the turquoise waters.

We continued walking around the old town for a bit. Like Rovinj, every corner holds a visual treasure of narrow alleys with stone steps, cute sidewalk cafes, Cats sunning on window sills and locals pinning their laundry up on lines stretching across the 3rd story windows. Main Street was a bit of a crowded mess of tourists and cruise board passengers, but the back neighborhoods were full of gems.

We had dinner at a restaurant on top of the hill named Lady Pi-Pi, (aptly named after a stone sculpture by their entrance of a lady peeing). The food was good and the night view beautiful, but we discovered that as soon as the sun goes down the wind picks up and it was a very chilly meal. The staff had blankets at the ready though and it became one more in our list of unforgettable meals.