Fairly routine nine hour flight from Vancouver to Munich, then another short flight to Dubrovnik situated on the Adriatic Sea. Lufthansa was our carrier. We were in the second row from the back, a bit bumpy and the seats were packed pretty tight. Average food; nothing about the flight was memorable.
Once in Dubrovnik, only one person in front of us at the rental car booth. But, problems. After waiting for 30 minutes we were finally seen. He and his three travelling companions had put benzene in their rental car, they couldn't start it at the petrol station and it had to be towed to a mechanic.
This concerned us since we didn't want to do the same thing they did, plus the last time we could remember hearing the word 'benzene' was in chemistry class. The rest of the story is they put 40 litres of benzene (gasoline) in their diesel car's fuel tank! Not good. The rental agency had a fat bill for them to pay, and they didn't think it was their fault.....really.
Anyway, we got the car, drove into town to our cliff-clinging Airbnb. Our host met and welcomed us, directed Tom to her daughter who was standing in a parking place for him to park the rental car up the hill and we settled in.
Next, was our walk into Old Town. Old meaning 15-16th century city wall surrounding the beautiful traffic-free town. Really narrow stairways, small restaurants and tourists everywhere. We can't imagine what it is like in the summer/cruise ship season. We will return tomorrow for more exploring.
Street performers are everywhere. Great musicians, but our favorite was a small 3-man band in one of the numerous plazas. As we rounded the corner we heard Louie Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World". Did they disinter THE Louie Armstrong? No, but a Croatian dude that looked nothing like him, but sounded exactly like him. Chilling. Later, he did it again with Ray Charles, "Georgia on my Mind". Fill their open guitar case with bills, people!
Once in Dubrovnik, only one person in front of us at the rental car booth. But, problems. After waiting for 30 minutes we were finally seen. He and his three travelling companions had put benzene in their rental car, they couldn't start it at the petrol station and it had to be towed to a mechanic.
This concerned us since we didn't want to do the same thing they did, plus the last time we could remember hearing the word 'benzene' was in chemistry class. The rest of the story is they put 40 litres of benzene (gasoline) in their diesel car's fuel tank! Not good. The rental agency had a fat bill for them to pay, and they didn't think it was their fault.....really.
Anyway, we got the car, drove into town to our cliff-clinging Airbnb. Our host met and welcomed us, directed Tom to her daughter who was standing in a parking place for him to park the rental car up the hill and we settled in.
Next, was our walk into Old Town. Old meaning 15-16th century city wall surrounding the beautiful traffic-free town. Really narrow stairways, small restaurants and tourists everywhere. We can't imagine what it is like in the summer/cruise ship season. We will return tomorrow for more exploring.
Street performers are everywhere. Great musicians, but our favorite was a small 3-man band in one of the numerous plazas. As we rounded the corner we heard Louie Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World". Did they disinter THE Louie Armstrong? No, but a Croatian dude that looked nothing like him, but sounded exactly like him. Chilling. Later, he did it again with Ray Charles, "Georgia on my Mind". Fill their open guitar case with bills, people!
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