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Dubrovnik: Early Hours

In Dubrovnik I woke up early one morning

(really early for vacay, like 5am!) to head into town

and take some photos before the rest of the city woke up.

The live in, who is famous for wandering around foreign cities alone

in the early morning hours, was by my side.

And as painful as it is, to wake yourself up so early, it's well worth it.

Not only for the gorgeous lighting, and streets all to yourself, but just to

see a city as it prepares for the day is very special too.

And then of course we came back to our hotel 

and slept for another couple of hours...it's us we're talking about here.

The drive to Dubrovnik

From Hvar we took a catamaran back to the mainland where we rented a car
(less than 24 hours prior, thank you very much) and drove along the coast down to Dubrovnik. 

The drive was stunning.  Absolutely gorgeous.  I remember thinking to myself
that if there were a list of ‘best coastal drives in the world’ this would have to be one of them.  

Sadly for us today I don’t have a lot of pictures of said drive. 
Not only was I the driver but stopping for anything other than food wasn’t
really cool with the rest of the car.  

  

Here is the food…and any scenery that happened to be near the food:

Hvar Island, Croatia: Night Time

Hvar at night is a special, special place...  

Photo #1:  If it seems a little crooked, I would agree with you.

Photos #2:  One of my absolute favorites from our trip.     

Hvar Island, Croatia

After four nights on Vis we headed to the island of Hvar.  Leaving Vis was a bit sad for me.   It’s the first time I’ve ever suggested to the live in that we cancel the rest of our trip and just stay put instead. 

He was on board, until he learned that our future hotel plans were non-refundable.

Luckily, Hvar did not disappoint.  

In fact, it was actually a nice change of pace from sleepy, locals only Vis. 

On Hvar we kept to a schedule…sleep in, breakfast, pool, beach, pool, lunch, nap, more beach, more pool, nap by the pool, walk into town, dinner, sleep.  So I’d say about 100% of these pictures were taken between the hours of 6pm and 8pm as we made our walk into town every evening for dinner and fun.      

Vis Island, Croatia

If the blog suddenly goes dark, I fail to show up at work, answer my phone,
or even neglect to watch the season finale of (the worst ever) Bachelorette…
it’s because I’ve moved.  To Vis. 

One of my new favorite places on Earth.

Vis was our first stop in Croatia and couldn’t have been more perfect.  It’s authentic, and beautiful, and small, and charming.  It’s vineyards reminds me of Italy.  It’s insane cleanliness reminds me of Switzerland.  It’s gorgeous waters and landscape reminds me of Greece. 

While we were in Vis we rented scooters to travel around the island.  We were a scooter gang, the live in and I.  We explored hidden beaches, old churches, and got lost in the small cobblestoned back alleys of the village.  The first day we had the scooters I was a little timid with the idea and took all of the precautions you’d expect…closed toed shoes, long sleeves, using the blinker.  But before you knew it we were quickly zipping around in swimsuits and flip flops.  We loved scooting.