Old Town Dubrovnik

The beautiful marble streets of the Old City in Dubrovnik look just as stunning through my crappy Canon 1000D Camera, as they did in real life.  Luckily some of these photos were captured when there were tens of thousands of tourists surrounding me.  

Theres not much to do in the Old City of Dubrovnik, climb the city walls, go to the beach for the day, jump off the wharf, sunbathe, or eat in a nice street-side cafe, this city has been taken over by tourists.  It makes me sad to see that the touristing industry has become the dominant part of a beautifully historic place.  

In the summer time youll find it hard to walk these streets casually, youll spend most your time dodging oncoming traffic, especially when the cruise ships docks for a day and theres about twenty thousand walking tours taking place.  But, if and when you can, get the time to slowly stroll through the streets and down the alleys, youll appreciate the beauty of it.  

During my time in Dubrovnik I learnt how to live like a local, and even sitting here in Brighton, in 16 degree weather with torrential winds gusting about, I can imagine the streets so vividly in my head.  

Oh how I wish I could go back!  

Old Antics

After leaving New Zealand back in April, Ive tried to keep in contact with my nearest and dearest.  Its hard because of the time difference and having such a different lifestyle to those back home, with University, work, etc, but we do our best to keep updated.  

My best friend was fortunate enough to whisk away from her family in Bosnia for a few nights to come join the two of us in Dubrovnik.  I couldnt have been happier to see her, it was the three hooligans back together again, and we didnt waste a minute of it... that is, after i slept of some extreme flight-sickness. 

Its surprising thinking how three people can live in three completely different parts of the world, and live completely diverse lifestyles, yet when in each others company, its as if we never left home.  Im so grateful to have spent the time with two of my closest friends, definitely helped fight the homesickness, well for a few weeks at least.