I'm On A Boat

We arrived this morning in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a walled city on the Dalmatian coast with colorful buildings, rooftops and people. We planned on waking up at 8 and leaving the ship as soon as it docked at 9am, but since we have no window in our room and Brooke can’t do the math of the 6 hour time difference for an alarm, I woke up at 9:15 and got ready before I woke up the Byington girls. We ate breakfast at the buffet and then jumped on the shuttle to the Old City, which is a beautiful fortified city on a sort of island. The inside was covered in white marble and orange rooftops of all shades. It must have been amazing when it was less commercialized, however, now it is very touristy. We ran into a nice pirate who had 5 different parrots – a Macaw, a Cockatoo, and 3 others – and just put them on us and took our pictures. They were so funny, and I was very surprised when he just threw two small parrots at me and they grabbed onto my arm very tightly. The one on Jessica’s shoulder took her headband off of her head and she was freaking out, but it was hilarious and we got it back, unbroken. The streets wind around through the city walls, with stairways and lanterns all over the place. We stumbled upon a nice little market with local arts and food and bought a few nice items. After that we just wandered around and explored for a little while. We saw some awesome views of the ocean and rocks, it was so beautiful. We got back on the shuttle to the boat, changed into our suits and hit the sun deck for some sun (or clouds) and views of the cove we were docked in. We didn’t get much sun, so my legs are still white as ghosts and my face and arms that were burnt in Venice are still a nice shade of red.