{"id":1029,"date":"2013-08-10T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2013-08-10T21:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-10T20:33:27","slug":"dubrovnik-walking-the-bastion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"Dubrovnik- Walking the Bastion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');   ga('create', 'UA-42922575-1', 'merrington.net');   ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/> The city walls of Dubrovnik deliver many exciting panoramas, you walk the perimeter of the city at varying heights and look inward into the resilient city or out to the busy sea. \u00a0The walls are 1940 meters in length and up to 25 meters high. Dubrovnik Card also tells us that there are three forts, 16 towers and 6 bastions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1039\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090223-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1039\" alt=\"View out to see from the Bastion\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090223-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090223-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090223-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090223-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View out to sea from the Bastion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today was forecast to be cloudy, possibly rainy and windy. \u00a0We stowed everything down below on the boat and took the bus into town.<\/p>\n<p>The merits of walking the bastion mean that you climb many stairs; the pay off is that the view is enhanced. You get a look at life not from street level but from a loftier perspective. We are view junkies, so we take the stairs.<\/p>\n<p>We walk for a kilometer around the top of the wall from Pile Gate towards the Bokar fort and then on to the Fort of St John. The sky was grey but looking over the Ploce Gate and mountains behind the city, dark storm clouds were threatening. \u00a0We thought this might be the right time for a lunch break.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1038\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090233-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1038\" alt=\"Big, black clouds rolling over Mt Srd.\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090233-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090233-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090233-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090233-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big, black clouds rolling over Mt Srd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We walked down into a labyrinth of tiny streets and looked for an indoor restaurant. \u00a0We could see that awnings were not going to keep us dry. \u00a0 We passed a few cafes, but a few large raindrops focussed the mind. We found a table free and ducked in for a dry lunch in a nice little Italian.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1036\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090241-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1036\" alt=\"Not just rain, but hail\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090241-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090241-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090241-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090241-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not just rain, but hail. Awnings didn&#8217;t offer much protection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After lunch we decide some indoor activities were in order and we went to the Rector&#8217;s Palace followed by the Maritime Museum.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1037\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090256-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1037\" alt=\"Open courtyard at the Rector's Palace\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090256-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090256-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090256-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090256-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open courtyard at the Rector&#8217;s Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three hours after those early raindrops, the skies cleared and we resumed the walk of the bastions with some lovely vistas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1035\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090290-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1035\" alt=\"Washed clean, Dubrovnik is  beautiful\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090290-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090290-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090290-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090290-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washed clean, Dubrovnik is beautiful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to \u00a0Ben and Jacqueline for making my cousins, Lorraine and Fred, Grandparents. Welcome to the world, Aiden. \u00a0Happy Birthday to cousin Sonya, &amp; pals Kim and Charlene. Hope you are all spoiled. \u00a0It was Lorraine and Ben&#8217;s birthday recently but they were just waiting for another happy event. Auguri, to you all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city walls of Dubrovnik deliver many exciting panoramas, you walk the perimeter of the city at varying heights and look inward into the resilient city or out to the busy sea. \u00a0The walls are 1940 meters in length and up to 25 meters high. 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