*NOTE* I posted May 23rd before May 22nd….*
Our first excursion from the Oosterdam! Andrew and I have been to Dubrovnik previously in 2019. At that time we decided just to take Royal Caribbean’s shuttle to the old town and walk around ourselves. That being in November, the Old Town was all dressed up in Christmas decorations at the time and it was COLD, with the wind blowing! We did not stay long. This time it is 28 degrees C and we are going to take an Excursion that includes the Cable Car up Mt. Srd (really a tall hill) and down again, a walk around Old Town and then a visit within its walls. The interesting thing about going up the Cable Car was the view of the mountains (real ones) of neighbouring countries) that attacked Croatia in 1971. As you will see there also is Fort Imperial built at the top of the Cable Car – which Fort Imperial was built in the 1800’s by the French and Austrians to help protect the Croatians. Little did they know how important the fort would become in the first in 1971 when the Serbian-Montenegrin army launched a large attack against the fortress trying to capture Croatia. However the fortress withstood the punishment and now, Fort Imperial is home to a museum, which shows the defense of Dubrovnik during the Homeland War. Then we went down the Cable Car and walked around the outside of the Old Town and entered where most people tend to enter it – not at the hole in the wall that was later created but over the moat and drawbridge. We walked around the town, I purchased some goodies and then we took the HAL bus back to the ship late in the afternoon. Great day in Dubrovnik!
