A Tale of Two Dubrovniks

Dubrovnik has the wow factor in spades. This sunset gave a repeat performance every night while we sat comfortable on the patio of our apartment listening to the waters of the Adriatic and sipping wine or beer.
This is the view looking back at the patio. JP complained that he wished to be closer to the water. Ha, ha.
Mark had a 6 pack of Kaiser beer and therefor had no complaints.
Dubrovnik is near the very southern most point of Croatia's long rugged coastline. It has the dual attraction of beautiful rocky beaches and the famous walled old city. And hard as it was to pull ourselves away from our apartment we did make it into old town Dubrovnik a couple of times.
The first time was miserable. Not the city. The oppressive heat. And I mean oppressive. I was walking through the old walled city and fantasizing about this blue water back at our apartment.
Wall, check.
Cathedral, check.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, check, check, check.
We smartened up for a second trip into town and did an evening dinner and suddenly the old town was as beautiful as promised with white marbled streets and plenty of outdoor cafes.
But, oh how that Adriatic beckoned. After four days of living the live of leisure in Dubrovnik, mom and dad headed back to Italy to catch a flight back to California. Mark and I stayed on for a couple more days we finally packed it up to head even further south to Montenegro.
It is a place we would heartily recommend and easily return to.