Dubrovnik is a beautiful city, and Old Town, is a site to behold. It is one of the few cities whose original walls (Dubrovnik's date back to the 6th century) are still completely intact. What that means is that the Old Town has pretty much been kept as it originally was. The new has not encroached on the old so to speak. In Rome you can find a 12th century building next to one from the 19th century which leads to unique hodgepodge of architectural styles but Old Town really gave a feel of architectural continuity, much more than any other place we visited.
We started the day taking a cable car up to the top of Mt. Srd to get a panoramic view of the city, Old Town in particular.
After that is was a laid back morning and afternoon of exploring the city on our own. Our day was cut short unfortunately by a rain storm, the only bad weather we had all trip so I can't complain.
We stopped for lunch at this little outdoor bistro where Raif had some Croatian beer, which was quite tasty.
Greyson and Raif split this enormous seafood platter which had every type of food from the sea. They gorged on mussels, fish, shrimp (with the heads on which kind of took Greyson a bit by surprise), octopus and even more that I can't remember. And my little man ate it all with glee. And as we were leaving we watched fishermen come in with live fish and dump them into the tank right next to our table where not more than 20 minutes ago they had taken fish out for our lunch. I don't know when we have had fresher seafood. Yum!!
For cultural significance, Dubrovnik was lacking compared to some of the other places we visited. But the city has some wonderful architecture, amazing seafood, and warm friendly people. It is definitely worth the visit, you know the next time you happen to be around the Eastern coast of the Adriatic!
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