Pivo and laughter

(These pictures were taken in the old city and at a club called Fuego)

So today is Sunday around 5:00 local time and Cari, Jill and I are posting our blog and e'mailing from the middle of a park near the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik. Our pictures and stories are never going to be able to do this place justice. It is romantic, lively, mellow, beautiful, touristy, historic, and so many other things at the same time. It is just truly amazing. If you ever get the chance to come here, I would highly recommend it.

Last night we found ourselves first going to one of the more popular spots to see and be seen here in the city. A place right on the water overlooking a cliff and it was a really cool place with big fluffy couches and beds right on the beach. Very much like Miami. But after walking in and feeling very much like we were being overlooked, we left. Didn't even order a drink. We then walked back through the old city (the place with the massive walls) and went to a neat restaurant for some Bavaria pivos (beers). The old city is absoutely gorgeous and a lot of the walls have been transformed to house little cafes, bars and shops. Unlike in the States, the bars don't have to serve food to be open. We then ended up back at Fuego, which they dub a latin bar but there was nothing latin about it. The top has an outside area that opens up into a mellow lounge type floor, the bottom floor is where the dance floor is. Packed with bodies bumping to the sounds of Madonna and Christina Aguilera. We are amazed at the amount of American music played around here. Slice of home I suppose. We were out collectively until about 5:00 a.m. Needless to say, after two nights of that we plan to have a super low-key night. Our hope is to find a fantastic seafood restaurant and call it a night fairly early.

Speaking of slice.. there are more pizza places around here than probably New York City. It is certainly very much influenced by Italy.

Tomorrow we make our way to one of the islands, Korcula, where we'll only spend one night. We have to take a 4-hour ferry ride to get there and it leaves at 8:30 in the morning. The earliest we will have been up in days.

From there we will continue our island hopping and I hope to be able to post from a few internet cafes on the islands as well.