Dubrovnik, Croatia and Riviera--Day 5

On Sunday morning we stopped at the "Jewel of the Adriatic" Dubrovnik. It was founded in the 7th Century by Greek refugees from Epidaurus and became the most important city after Venice during the Middle Ages. The city is enclosed by ancient walls and has marble-paved squares and cobble streets. The Bosnia war in 1991 affected many of the priceless treasures and there has been an energetic restoration program. It is beautiful. We also sailed on the Dubrovnik Riviera which Jacques Costeau said was one of the cleanest and best preserved waters in the world today. Our tour guide spoke with a heavy accent and gave us too much detail about the Monastery and Museum but it was a delightful city to visit. After the tour we had an interesting lunch. They leave the vegetables in the salads quite large and use lots of fresh tomatoes in everything. Good tomatoes! And there is always lots of delicious bread.

The heartier young people walked the wall but I chose to look in the shops and have ice cream. They soon all followed for the ice cream but it was hard to find out what the flavors were. Some of the clerks seemed a little weary of tourists (It is a very popular stop) and many of them did not speak English--but then why should they?

The people in the restaurant worked very hard to please us. Those are all WFG people waving on the ship. It was a beautiful day as you can see.