Dubrovnik. AKA King’s Landing

We had a stroke of bad weather good luck today. Let me explain.

Approaching Dubrovnik, the winds were too strong to dock at their nice new cruise ship terminal a few miles away, so we had “go old fashioned” and drop anchor in the original harbour and use ship Tenders to get ashore.

The view of the famous Dubrovnik walls from our Deck 9 Aft Terrace Dining location was off the charts memorable!

Dubrovnik is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a beautiful medieval walled city that despite being besieged and heavily damaged in the Balkan Wars following the break up of Communist Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, has been restored and maintained.

It is also famous as the shooting location in the HBO Game of Thrones series of “King’s Landing” and many fans come here to take guided tours of famous and popular shooting locations.

We opted to “Walk the Wall” a 2.5km up and down hike of the city’s old fortifications. The views are terrific and we even spotted one young lady dressed up as Cersei Lannister!

In addition, anyone who knows Nancy knows she “loves heights” so kudos to her today for navigating some very high walls with very low railings with very large vertical drop offs👍👍

Being another hot day (33C), after doing our duty patrolling the walls of King’s Landing, protecting the Red Keep and the Iron Throne, we experienced a Bingo Beer event and opted for some enjoyable people watching and thirst quenching in the main square before Tendering back to our ship home for a late lunch and some relax time.

Have to get ready for some spelunking tomorrow!Read more