Wednesday, October 25, 2023

22 October 2023 Dubrovnik; More Old City and a Lunch Outside the Walls

 


After the museum we wandered through the town and worked out way towards the sea.  There is another gate that goes through the walls and has stairs that lead down to the water.  We poked around our on the edge for a while and then got some lunch.  The lunch was delightful at the Rivelin Bistro which was recommended by Darko.  That was a good recommendation for sure.  We headed back in to the market that we shopped at the day before but it was closed.  So we made do with leftovers and pork chops for dinner.


This house sparrow looks like it was carved into the stone


This appears to be a walkway across the street




Upon closer inspection it was just two 2 by 12's tied together with a string


Tiny grapes hanging over the street just out of reach


Creepy Barbies in the window


Handicap ramps


More ramps off to the side


We have found the opening


A whole other world outside the walls


It is Miss Polly


The walls run for a continuous 1.5 miles the second longest set of walls in the world right behind the Great Wall of China


Brilliant blue


If the walls could talk


They would say "hang on"


It is a long way down


Looking up


Looking down


Kris and I were standing well back from the edge


Leslie was brave enough to stand by the edge


The bar was closed for the end of the season


Rugged


And steep


Looking back up to the rest of the party


And the cat


Back out we go


No one is allowed


Only cannon balls


Graffiti


We passed this open court yard that was locked up behind a gate


And here was the gate


An odd shrine


Corinthian column top 


We happened upon a free concert


Just a shell for a guitar


Another museum 


The guide here was showing on the map the area where the city was an island.  The channel was later filled in during the 12th century and the areas on the mainland were called the New City


Our lunch spot


A little shade and a little sun


Two copper goblets of Gin!


Old Pilots Gin and  Roby Matron Gin


My fish dish,  Mussels, a langoustine, small clams, two bis slabs of Monkfish 


Leslie got almost the same thing but with pasta.  After lunch we headed back in to find a market but they were all closed on a Sunday


Revelin Bistro


The Rector's house was charging admission


So I took some pictures from the entryway


Serious knockers


The closest we got to getting food was the Gelato shop


We sat out in the courtyard and watched the cable cars


And the birds


And the other houses


Doves


The sun setting


And the walls were all lit up


Goodnight Dubrovnik




It has been 1 year and 138 days since we began our Migration