already blurry
well my first full day here was full indeed, managed to pack 3 days worth of touristy stuff into it...
after I posted that first entry I climed up to the top of the old fortification that overlooks dubrovnik and which was used by the serbs and montenegrans to bomb dubrovnik to pieces in 91. there is a zig-zagging path that has big wooden crucifixes and small crosses intermittently, and the building at the top was still ragged. apparently it used to be used as a nightclub before the war and the cablecar (now in ruins with rusted wheels and bullet holes peppered everywhere, the cables long-since disintegrated and the poles standing lonely down the hillside) used to ferry people up and down throughout the night. a very desolate place, but with a magnificent outlook. Rob, the english bloke I met, had enough fantastic foresight to pack 4 cans of croatian beer into his rucksack so we watched the sun set through the eye of the ringpull.
i went and had some dinner and saw the dubrovnik string quartet, who played their program (consisting of some classics, pachabell, corelli, mozart etc) and then proceeded to play everything in their repertoire. this would have been fine except the standard wasn't as high as I expected. I think I'm just spoilt by all the Australian Chamber Orchestra I've seen courtesy of my grandparents season tickets and their tendency to go overseas frequently. bumped into both Rob and his girlfriend, Leonie, along with another couple they met in their appartment. managed to drink a fair bit of booze at various night-clubs/bars, and ended up on the beach at what would be a pretty cool club (old sandstone courtyard which opens up into the) if it weren't for the cheesy euro-house and the lack of people. walked out side and met some french and spanish kids drinking on the street who then proceeded to tell me to visit them in their respective countries. i think that makes 6 email addresses in the one day; could be some sort of record.
walked the 4km home and collapsed into bed at about 5am, which was the motif of the next 24 hours. I think I slept most of the time; jetlag finally catching up to me. have decided to push onto sarajevo tonight regardless of liam's plans. will catch the over-night and then get back here by the 17th to visit lucy. although this place is amazing I want to save some exploration of it with my companions, and I don' think I'll ever be this close to sarejevo - i think i will greatly regret not going there. Rob and Leonie just went there and hopefully I'll get some info from them via email and get ahead of the game.
must go and suss out a room for the three of us for the 17th, may also go visit the "war photo" exhibition. have had two recommendations now, one is usually enough.
photo's to come sometime later. probably when I get to italy and the internet is free! need to seriously start considering budgets. just realised how long 6 months is.
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after I posted that first entry I climed up to the top of the old fortification that overlooks dubrovnik and which was used by the serbs and montenegrans to bomb dubrovnik to pieces in 91. there is a zig-zagging path that has big wooden crucifixes and small crosses intermittently, and the building at the top was still ragged. apparently it used to be used as a nightclub before the war and the cablecar (now in ruins with rusted wheels and bullet holes peppered everywhere, the cables long-since disintegrated and the poles standing lonely down the hillside) used to ferry people up and down throughout the night. a very desolate place, but with a magnificent outlook. Rob, the english bloke I met, had enough fantastic foresight to pack 4 cans of croatian beer into his rucksack so we watched the sun set through the eye of the ringpull.
i went and had some dinner and saw the dubrovnik string quartet, who played their program (consisting of some classics, pachabell, corelli, mozart etc) and then proceeded to play everything in their repertoire. this would have been fine except the standard wasn't as high as I expected. I think I'm just spoilt by all the Australian Chamber Orchestra I've seen courtesy of my grandparents season tickets and their tendency to go overseas frequently. bumped into both Rob and his girlfriend, Leonie, along with another couple they met in their appartment. managed to drink a fair bit of booze at various night-clubs/bars, and ended up on the beach at what would be a pretty cool club (old sandstone courtyard which opens up into the) if it weren't for the cheesy euro-house and the lack of people. walked out side and met some french and spanish kids drinking on the street who then proceeded to tell me to visit them in their respective countries. i think that makes 6 email addresses in the one day; could be some sort of record.
walked the 4km home and collapsed into bed at about 5am, which was the motif of the next 24 hours. I think I slept most of the time; jetlag finally catching up to me. have decided to push onto sarajevo tonight regardless of liam's plans. will catch the over-night and then get back here by the 17th to visit lucy. although this place is amazing I want to save some exploration of it with my companions, and I don' think I'll ever be this close to sarejevo - i think i will greatly regret not going there. Rob and Leonie just went there and hopefully I'll get some info from them via email and get ahead of the game.
must go and suss out a room for the three of us for the 17th, may also go visit the "war photo" exhibition. have had two recommendations now, one is usually enough.
photo's to come sometime later. probably when I get to italy and the internet is free! need to seriously start considering budgets. just realised how long 6 months is.
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