Friday April 9, 2010

It has been one complete day since Bob has driven the car and I am pretty sure he is in withdrawl. So this being said Bob and I head to a small town called Cavtat it is about a 20 minute drive from our apt. There is much history surrounding this town that dates back to around 228 BC. Throughout the middle ages it was part of Dubrovnik republic and shared cultural and econmic life with the capital city. The city was a Greek settlement and when they were invaded by the Slavs they relocated to Dubrovnik. Leaving the little town of Cavtat on it's own. Today it is not a tourist attraction like many places we have visited, the streets are small and restraunts line the harbour. The town is going through a big renovation and I decided Bob could proably be hired on to supervise the job site, he felt totally at home. Teresa and Greg took a boat tour around the island of Lokrum the island is located right off our apt. window and is one of many Nationa Parks. Once again they ,learned more history of the war and were able to tour some caves by the boat. They learned the history on a hotel that sits high above the cliffs that is called the Belvadere it has not been repaired since the war in 1992. Bob and I walked up there and it was erie to say the least.

After returning from our car trip I was on a mission to buy a painting I had spotted the day before. This is the man who drew the painting of the old town, he was the rudest man I have ever met but I liked the painting so I purchased it. Once again there was no discount for his rudness and I am pretty sure this is the most expensive painting I have purchased

After a great day we ventured to a restraunt called Levant located in an area that is not in the old city, the area is called Lapad. The decision is to take the bus there and taxi home. We manged to succesfully take the #5 bus to the end of the line and only had to ask 1 time as to the location of the restraunt. The view was once again breathtaking and we felt like we were sitting on top of the water. Dinner was very good, this is the first time I have had beefsteak since our arrival and it was superb. The taxi picked us up as planned and once agin he shared stories of the war. At the time of the war he was a soilder fighting for his country. As he said there was no purpose to the war and the devastation was more than we could imagine. On saturday April 10 we start on to our next part of the trip. Teresa and Greg leave us to return to Germany and the JOB. We will truly miss our traveling friends it has been the best. Bob and I will drive back to Split were we will hop on the ferry and proceed to Italy where we will spend our next 3 weeks before heading to Germany, Austria and Swizerland. The internet at our apt has been the best and I have no idea what the next few days will bring. I am thinking I might have to search for the internet more than I have in for the past 2 weeks.