Croatian holiday - Monday, the final day in paradise

I absolutely loved Dubrovnik.  Some of that was the weather, some of that was just being near the ocean.  I can't tell you how enchanting and relaxing this trip was. 

On Monday, I got up fairly early and headed to the old town for breakfast:

I gave up hot chocolate for Lent, which in retrospect, was a really tough thing to give up.  European hot chocolate is the best.  This first cup (other than one cheat, which I didn't have a choice about - long story) was the best way to break the fast.  It was like someone took a ghiradelli bar and melted it with sugar.  So think and good. 

After breakfast, I walked up to the cable car platform for the ride to the top of Mt. Srd.  The lady at the ticket booth was really sweet - she was insistent that I was with my husband and proceeded to charge me for 2 people.  Only after insisting that there was no such man did she give me a refund for the other one.  Phew, that could have been an expensive trip.  Anyways, I took the cable car up, which freaked me out a bit, but its only 2 minutes of freak out, so I kept my eyes open the entire way. 

The views were great:

 Old town

 Old town

 Old town

 Fort

 More Dubrovnik

 Islander Lindsay

 Cable car of doom

 More of Dubrovnik

 As fake FPJ would say, 5 star hotel in Croatia.  Croatia only have 5 stars.

 Getting cute with the camera

Mt. Srd cross

After seeing the views, I headed for the museum that shows the history of the 1990s siege of Dubrovnik:

This museum was decidedly Croat and decidedly has not had enough money spent on it.  The floors of the exhibits were covered in water, in some places greater than an inch.  Some of the actual artifacts were covered in plastic to protect them, others weren't.  It was an interesting read, but much like reading about WWII in France, it definitely had a slight note of over exaggeration.  It was a bit chilling to think that while I was still alive, that very mountain fort rained bombs down on innocent women and children.  War makes people do crazy things.

 

 

Needing a bit of a pick me up, I stopped for breakfast #2 at the Panorama café, which has the most amazing views:

 

At any other place in the world, a table like that, if you could get a reservation, would cost an arm and a leg.  Here, however, I walked up, sat down, ordered and then daydreamed.  Cost was super cheap.  This is where having RS help me pick places is invaluable.  I never would have thought to do this, but it was a great way to cap a great trip.

I took a video of the trip back down the cable car, worth the time to watch if you have 2 minutes:

 

 

 

 

Me with my backpack headed back to the airport - sad to leave the sun and the warm.  Until next time Croatia!