Can it really be our last full day in Dubrovnik...Say it isn't so!

Day 26– September 27, 2006 – Our last full day in Dubrovnik!

Our last full day in Dubrovnik! I’m sad to see my vacation coming to and end. Yesterday during our wandering about we stumbled upon a terrific bakery on one of the narrow streets. The name of the bakery is Niko and the pastries there not only smell delicious, they are totally out of this world delicious!

So, we went to the bakery first this morning to buy our breakfast pastry and a spinach and cheese phyllo rectangle to take with us over to Lokrum Island for lunch and of course 2 cookies for dessert!

We spent about an hour at our favorite café having cappuccinos, after getting our pastries. After having our cappuccinos we went over to buy the boat tickets to Lokrum. The tickets were 35 Kuna each and we bought a map of the island for 5 Kuna. Lokrum Island is about a 15 minute boat ride from the Old Port in Dubrovnik and the island is a nature preserve. There is an old fort (in ruins) at the high point on the island with great views of the Old Town of Dubrovnik. While we were on the boat we enjoyed the short ride and our breakfast pastries!

We hiked around the whole island (the map came in very handy) and at the “Dead Sea” which is basically a swimming hole/spot that fills with sea water, we stopped and sat on a bench and had our lunch. We caught the 1:15pm boat back to the Old Port and ended our 3 hour morning outing.

Before leaving the sobe this morning I left a note for a fellow fodorite who we were supposed to meet up with tonight for dinner. When we got back this afternoon my note was gone, but the fodorite had left a note for me. Clearly my note never made it into the hands of my fellow fodorite. I called the number on the “new” note to leave a message but had difficulty communicating. I chalked it up to the planets not aligning to meet up with this fellow traveler…but that was not the case! But I am digressing here.

After getting back from Lokrum, CL wanted to go back to the casino and I wanted to just go down to our favorite café and sit, have a cappuccino and write in my journal and people watch. So, I had a very pleasant afternoon just enjoying being in Dubrovnik.

I met CL back at our sobe around 6pm and then headed out to Mea Culpa for pizza. We ordered the Mea Culpa pizza which had tomato sauce, ham, gorgonzola cheese and bacon it was pretty good and after dinner we stopped at Dolce Vita for another gelato. As we walked back down the Stradun there was a lot of activity at the end of the street near the street our sobe was on. There was a concert going on in front of the St. Blaise Church so we stopped to check it out for a while.

As we turned to leave the concert I heard someone yell my name. Imagine my surprise when I turn around and it was the fodorite I had been trying to connect with and her husband! Thank goodness we had exchanged photos via email and she recognized me in the crowd…who would have thunk that!!!! We sat down at “our favorite café” and had drinks and a really nice chat for about an hour. They had just arrived in Dubrovnik the day before.

It was a great way to end the evening! Having drinks with new friends!