Dubrovnik, Croatia

Today we visited beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia. The old center of Dubrovnik is a city surrounded by medieval walls enclosing quaint streets. All of the buildings are constructed out of cream-colored stone with red-tiled roofs, and today it was sunny and very hot. It's a very picturesque city, perched on the rocky shore of the crystal-clear and blue Adriatic. We didn't take a tour today; instead we just walked around inside the walled city, looked in the cathedral, and took in the sights. After a while, we sat in a cafe and refreshed ourselves with some iced coffee - it turns out that when you order iced coffee in Dubrovnik, what you get is actually cold coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream in it. Other than some postcards, our sole souvenir purchase was a jar of sea salt mixed with local herbs, particularly lavender, which seems to be very popular here. After our coffee break, I went up on the city walls and walked around, which gave me a great view of Dubrovnik and its surroundings.

Here are some photos from our visit: