SV ICE BEAR

Once we were all secure at the ACI maina we made our way to the
bus stop for the trip into town 15 kuna omg how much? oohhh ya right exchange rate so like 3 dollars. It was a short 30 min ride as there was lots to look at. The bus dropped us off at the wall of the city right near a tourist info booth. That's where we decided to take the tram that took you to the top of the hill and if we went right to it we could be at the top to see the sun set. Who knew there were going to be so many stairs to just make it to the base of the lift but we made it and the sunset was beautiful. The fortification at the top held an important place in the hearts of the Dubrovnik people while it was a built by Napoleon in the early 1800 it was more recently key in the defense of the city and the country as a whole in the more recent 1991- 92 siege of Dubrovnik so much so there is a museum dedicated to just that at the top.
The next morning we got up early eewww and bused in to walk the perimeter wall. Its a big wall and they had it set up so you could only walk in one direction counter clock wise. With the number of people walking the wall it made sense there were several places where it would have been tough for two people going different directions to pass. There were restaurants seemingly clinging on to the outside of the wall with tables and umbrellas perched on the cliff side. As you continued left you came to the port you could see where the locals tied their boats. Where the day tripper boats loaded and unloaded their passengers as well as where the old quarantine building was although it sounded like it was used more for doing trade in an effort to keep the rift raff out of the city then keeping out pest and pestilence. We took about two hours to walk the wall. We didn't feel rushed and I don't think we were going slow either but by the end the heat was getting to us perfect time for a nap. we returned to ICE BEAR and found the crew of Micasay planning a trip up the river to a waterfall. They had two paddle boards and two kayaks to pay with. We dropped the dingy into the water and tada we were all set to go. The paddle boards looked really fun hmmm will need to try those. Once we passed the marina the river was very nice the tall grass that we have seen everywhere was on one side and homes with small boats tied in front,
restaurants and a hostel lined the other. The waterfall wasn't so much a waterfall as the overflow for a hydro holding pond but it was pretty and it made a nice sound. There were people sliding down the water into river. The water was cold not everyone in our group went for a swim and of course we stopped at one of the hostels for a drink on the way back. We went into Dubrovnik several times and we all noted that it was different then the other walled city's we had been in it was the first one where the streets were relatively wide and straight much better for commerce then defense. However much like the other city's the streets were highly polished from all the people walking on them. Game of Thrones merchandise was everywhere including bobble heads of the main characters hehehe they even had t shirts with the bobble heads on them. there was a candy store with big barrels full of bulk candy I bought the biggest gummy bear you have ever seen but alas no pictures muahaha I ate it. While Dubrovnik was fun and we could have spent more time exploring it was also going to be the place that we said good bye to our third crew member. That had to have been the fastest month ever. Oddly enough this is where Micasay said good bye to two of its crew. The Aci marina is a main charter base for the area and they told us that when the weekend came we had to go so they would have room for the charter boats returning. Wow they weren't kidding Friday night they started coming. There were boats and gear everywhere. Micasay had seen the writing on the wall and had asked to be moved to a spot that was going to be easier to leave from. We stayed put confident we could crash through anything in our way. It was a good call on both our parts. The morning of our departure was kinda sad as our third crew member helped cast us off and we wiggled back through the slime lines. He was heading to the airport for a flight to Athens and we were off to Mljet island.