Day 12 Dubrovnik

Did our morning stroll which included the 100 obligatory steps (twice). We planned to go to Cavtat which is a town on the other side of the bay. Lots of boats offering rides there but we decided to take a bus there and boat back. The bus had fantastic views of the shore. It went way up before coming back down to sea level. The town is a very pretty place. We visited the home and museum of the famous Croatian painter Vlaho Bukovac, which was very impressive. We also visited a church/mausoleum of the Racic family, a wealthy shipping family whose 4 members (husband, wife and 2 children) died the same year of the Spanish flu. The mausoleum was created by a famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. It is located on a hill high above the town. Next to it is a cemetery that is still being used, and it’s apparently very desirable and exclusive because a plot there costs over $25,000. We had lunch by the sea the walked up to a very impressive 5 star hotel (Hotel Croatia) with an amazing view. On the terrace there, we met a young woman who works for NCIS in Bahrain and is touring Croatia with a group. We decided to forgo the boat and took the bus back to Dubrovnik. In the afternoon we walked around the old harbor and caught the sunset there. We were planning to have dinner in a small restaurant called Lady Pi-Pi not far from us in the city walls with a fantastic view of the whole city. Unfortunately when we got there, there was line of people waiting for tables so we gave it up and had to go back down to the “downtown” area to eat.