Dubrovnik continued

It’s got to be a good complaint when you are enjoying your holiday so much that you just can’t fit the time in to update your blog. We have just had the most amazing holiday. Now we’re back in Sydney and I have been reliving the holidays through the photos. Let me first finish off with Dubrovnik and then over the weekend I will give an update on the wonderful food we enjoyed in Paris.

Dubrovnik was the perfect place to chill out and take it easy – except every night when it was time to return home as we were living up the hill over the old town and had to walk up about 500 steps to get home. That’s one way to work off all that good food I suppose.

We found the restaurants were pretty good but were very expensive for what you were getting. I hear that the locals very rarely eat out in the old town themselves because of the prices. The two places that did really impress us were Lokanda Peskarija overlooking the old port and the old Benedictine monastery on Lokrum Island which is now a restaurant and café bar.

Lokanda had a great advantage in that it has the best views of the old port. We knew we were on to a good place when saw the queues that started to form every night. They have traditional Croatian singers that serenade the outdoor restaurant at different times during the night. The food here is simple seafood fare that is served up in big black heavy pots but it is excellent quality seafood and at a pretty good price so this got our vote as our favourite restaurant of the week. WE went there twice and enjoyed prawns, muscles, sardines and seafood risotto. With lots of local wine and some fresh bread. What more could you ask for?

As for our favourite drinking spot - thought it was the bar I mentioned in the last post but that was until we took a day trip over to Lokrum Island. It’s only about 10 minutes away from Dubrovnik by ferry but it feels like another world. We spent the day exploring this little island and swimming in the cold clear waters off its rocky shore. When we could take the sun no more (oh yes I remember that feeling so well as I sit here in the cold sunshine of Sydney) we headed back to where I saw a sign for drinks near were the ferry docks. As we rounded the hedge that concealed this little jewel we heard the excellent music of a local guitar player. The chairs were big comfy balinese chairs that were perfect for enjoying a cold beer while listening to the guitar player and watching the sun go down. I loved this bar and we could have stayed here all night if the last ferry hadn’t been leaving at 8:00pm.

Our little apartment was perfect for our week in Dubrovnik. I had all the best of intientions of cooking for us but except for breakfast I didn't spend any time in the kitchen. This felt very strange for me but I soon got used to it. don't you just love holidys.