Fortunately the bus ride from Split to Dubrovnik was less painful and much shorter (4 hours). This is a city that I had been waiting to see since I was in grade school and came across some photographs of it while doing a research report on the former Yugoslavia.
We stayed, however, about 4 kilometers away from the much-photographed Old Town (Stari Grad) on a large peninsula. It was this peninsula that we explored first.
We found some beautiful and challenging trails at the top of the peninsula's three hills.
Entering Old Town
We arrived just in time to walk the City Walls. You have to pay to ascend up to these walls, and we only had 40 minutes left to hurry around them (it usually takes over an hour). Nonetheless, it would have been worth 10 times the price.
Photo taken by my extended hand
Photo taken with the camera on timer, sitting on the city walls
view of Lokrun Island
Place Stradun
Finally, we found 2 guys who could take our picture. We then descended the stairs and entered Old Town
Waiting for the sunset at the other end of Old Town
Christmas in Stari Grad, Dubrovnik
The alleys/streets of Stari Grad reminded us of Venice (without the canals).
The three peaks we ran up to on the first day
Second run - we climbed up a 1500' foot hill with a view of Dubrovnik from above
view of Old Town from above
This photo deserves some explanation. We were all alone on top of the hill. Here we found a monument surrounded by a platform. I climbed up onto the platform (not the monument itself), reached up to set the camera to timer on the monument, and then was able to climb over a stone wall, jump down 4' and then run over to Susan all in 10 seconds. Needless to say, it took several efforts before I made it to her in time.
Descent
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