Dubrovnik (Sail Day 1)

Sail Croatia time! We dropped off our luggage on the boat earlier in the morning and then went back to the Airbnb to have breakfast and chill out before properly checking out.

We left Alex and Nicky to do their own thing whilst we went zip lining! We were picked up near the boat as well as a few others through the same sail tour company who were doing the zip lining. We were driven up Mt Srd, one of Dubrovnik's highest peaks, and started getting fitted with our gear. We were given a quick safety briefing before we set off on our 4 zip lines over Dubrovnik. This wasn’t a normal zipline in that we were able to control our speed and break ourselves so we could stop and admire the views over Dubrovnik (it definitely meant you had to think!) It was such a cool experience and our guide even gave us a few facts between traversing the zip lines:
- There are 1244 islands in Croatia with over 1000 uninhabited. This includes the island just off Dubrovnik called Lokrum which has some crazy stories based on a curse which is believed to have been made on the island. Many people who have tried to inhabit the island have died sad lives.
- The word ‘dub’ means oak and they originally built the walls in oak in the 13th century and that’s how Dubrovnik got its name which literally translates to ‘City of Oak’. Later, the walls were remade with stone from 12-17th century after the fire destroyed the original walls.

After the zip lining, we were dropped back near the boat and then we went to the Lapad district with one of the other girls for lunch. We had a delicious sushi board and cocktails which was super nice and relaxing! We haven't had sushi for this whole trip so really nice to try it with fresh fish!

We made our way back to the boat to check into our rooms and starting meeting some of the other people who we would be travelling with for the next few days. There are 32 people on the boat and all except two are Aussies!

We had our welcome dinner, and then got right into the drinking on the boat with plenty of shots and getting to know our fellow boat members. There is a bell on-board and if someone rings it then they buy shots for the whole boat. The bell rang quite a few times tonight! We then went out clubbing in the Old Town in an old castle which has been turned into a club. We partied until the early hours of the morning and had a fantastic night dancing with Nicky, Alex and our new friends!Læs mere