{"id":35,"date":"2013-06-10T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2013-06-10T22:34:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T22:34:57","slug":"hello-from-valerie-dubrovnik-and-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Valerie: Dubrovnik and Split"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopefully you’ve seen or can see Bryon’s posts here now. \u00a0I’ve been recovering from jet lag and general exhaustion so I apologize for the lack of posts so far.<\/p>\n

After a marathon 2 day research\/booking session I booked our flight out from SFO to Dubrovnik on 5\/6 for a flight on the very next day, 5\/7! \u00a0I also managed to book 50% of our hotels as well as all of our other flights. \u00a0I was pretty pleased with myself.<\/p>\n

But maybe I really shouldn’t have been so pleased with myself. \u00a0Turns out, a 40 minute connection isn’t nearly enough time to transfer in Frankfurt (Franport, as they call it). \u00a0The lady at the United desk told us that you need at least 1.5 hours. \u00a0I think the United computer program needs some work since it suggested the itinerary! \u00a0Anyway, as Bryon mentioned, she was able to get us on a direct flight to Dubrovnik so it worked out (though we arrived several hours later and even more sleep deprived. \u00a0side note: if you can find 4 chairs together, the terminal chairs at Frankfurt make for a decent nap even though they don’t look that comfortable). \u00a0The descent into Dubrovnik is breathtaking, and I think makes this flight worth the effort. \u00a0It’s in fact the most beautiful descent I have ever seen. \u00a0We were fortunate to be sitting on the left side with all of the spectacular views (YMMV). \u00a0I would have taken a picture like the passenger in front of me, but I generally follow the no electronics rules.<\/p>\n

After we arrived at our sobe (room), we collapsed from exhaustion until the following morning.<\/p>\n

In the morning, we took the bus to try to get to Ploce Gate (Rick Steves’ suggested starting point for walking around the wall). \u00a0Dubrovnik is a small Medieval town surrounded by a castle wall. \u00a0According to Wikipedia, “It is a testament to the resilience of the ancient walls that more buildings in the old town were not destroyed during the bombardment (during the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik); the ancient walls in fact were more effective at resisting modern weaponry than contemporary structures in the city’s periphery”.<\/p>\n

We also took a cable car up Mt Srd to get a better view<\/p>\n

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Dubrovnik’s Walls from the cable car<\/p><\/div>\n

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View from Mt. Srd<\/p><\/div>\n

All in all, it was \u00a0a fun day, with the Wall walk being the most memorable experience. \u00a0There were 5 cruise ships in town that day (that I counted) so there were a lot of people in Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n

Today, we took an early morning bus to Split. \u00a0It was a long 4 hour journey. \u00a0There were times where it was almost frightening since it involves a lot of driving on 2 lane undivided winding cliff roads, but the views were great. \u00a0It’s still the best way to get from Dubrovnik to Split IMHO and costs about $15.<\/p>\n

After arriving in Split and resting for a few hours we decided to head out and check out Diocletian’s palace. \u00a0This was a really interesting experience and very different from other Roman ruins I’ve seen because the Old Town of Split is actually built into the ruins itself. \u00a0This means there is an interesting mix of Roman ruins, medieval buildings, and modern architecture all mixed together.<\/p>\n

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Roman column inside a bank<\/p><\/div>\n

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Merged Medieval and Roman wall<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking along the Riva (the main promenade) feels like walking along any boardwalk with it’s modern walkways and assortment of restaurants and shops along the side.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we’re hoping to take a ferry to the nearby island of Bruc to check out more pristine adriatic seashore.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully you’ve seen or can see Bryon’s posts here now. \u00a0I’ve been recovering from jet lag and general exhaustion so I apologize for the lack of posts so far. After a marathon 2 day research\/booking session I booked our flight out from SFO to Dubrovnik on 5\/6 for a flight on the very next day, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valeriechang.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}