day 9 . . .

croatia.  i had visions of peasant women in shawls.  war torn cities.  what we got was dubrovnik!  a city of beauty.  sixteen foot thick walls.  90º heat.  antiquity.  gelato.  naked bumpters.  cobblestone.  crooked stairs.  lamp lights. a farmers market. 

we came into port in the early morning.  i love the lighting.

then we hopped a bus and drove to the gate of the great wall that surrounds the city.  kidlet and i headed for the stairs that would let us walk said wall.  huff.  puff.  i am rapidly discovering how out of shape i am.

can you see the difference in the tile roofs?  the solid orange and obviously patched roofs are repairs from the war.

this shot shows some of the unfixed damage.  sigh.

meanwhile after my half trek around the city wall . . . kidlet did the entire walk.  we wandered down into the city to see and ogle.  like this shot of the cuppola on the church of saint blaise.

since part of the wall is against the sea, you get cliffs.  have i mentioned my love of cliffs?

and actually we were looking for a little bar tucked into the wall where you can watch the cliff divers.  we didn't find it but kidlet did find some divers . . . in the middle of changing their suits . . . in front of God and everyone.  made her day.

gorgeous.  gorgeous.  city.