Cable Car and Museum

Today we are planning to take the cable car to see Dubrovnik and the coast from a higher vantage point.

We caught the no5 bus to the cable car station for the 3 min ride up to the top of Mount Syrd which over looks Dubrovnik. There is a fort at the top which now houses a war museum but played an important role in the 1991 war between the mostly Serbian Yugoslavian army and Croatia. Dubrovnik and the fort were  pounded by shells and mortars from the hills and by a gun boat blockading the harbour in Dec 1991. A lot of damage was inflicted with around 100 people killed. The fort which is in a key strategic position did not fall, although it was severely damaged and became a symbol of defiance for the people in Dubrovnik during the siege.

We tried to make sense of the war from the displays, which were in English, but it was very complicated. The most useful information came from archive ITV news footage. We gave up and had a lazy snack and a beer in the nice open air Panorama restaurant perched on the ridge. Took plenty of photos in difficult light with the midday sun shining off the sea on a sunny warm day. Excellent views up and down the coast and over the islands.

We took the cable car back down (option was 1.5 hours steep walk) to the Ploce entrance, the other town gate, to have a coffee in the market square. We checked the ferry times to go to Cavtat tomorrow and Rosemary found something for the Christmas tree before catching the 6::30 bus back to the hotel. Must start earlier tomorrow.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Not again

Image
We awoke in a flash this morning, lightning that is. It's going to be a wet morning again but hopefully a dry afternoon. May go to Sami this afternoon on the bus as there is a big cruise boat in port. We did go to Sami on the bus, €4 each way through the mountains - goats, donkeys and all. It was grey and drizzling in Sami so we did not see it at it's best, but not much to see in fact, except lots of sailing boats, some nice craft shops and plenty of restaurants. I had fish soup for lunch, Rosemary had mussels and we caught an earlier bus back. It seems to be drying up a bit as we approach Argostoli. The TUI cruisers were filling all the Argostoli bars and cafés. Went to the Captain's table for a late dinner, Moussaka and  Lamb Steflika, then spent a lot of time chatting to the Albanian manager. Clouds have cleared and there is a brilliant full moon. Maybe tomorrow .....
Read more

Lixouri ferry

Image
No, not a luxury ferry, just the regular local ferry that links Argostoli with Lixouri a small town just around the peninsular. It's only €3 each way and a scenic 20min journey, or would be if it wasn't raining.  It's just another shower to contend with before enjoying a delicious orange cake and cappuccino in the Corna cafe on sea front. Lixouri was similar to Argostoli, a promenade, shopping area and no local beach. It was almost deserted with the promenade cafes mostly empty orclosed. We had a wander around, not much to see and bought €7 worth of bread, ham and tomatoes from a super market to eat back on our balcony. The sun finally made an appearance today at 4pm,  after we had returned on the ferry.
Read more

Kefalonia Epiloblog

Image
We were very unlucky with the weather on this holiday but the thunder storms and cool rainy days did not stop us doing our thing and we enjoyed the return visit after 40 years. The Kefalonia Grande Hotel was a very friendly boutique hotel with a minimalistic design, it did not have a pool and not really grand at all, although the retired mayor has breakfast there every morning. The breakfast buffet was very good and as we were only B&B guests we lunched and dined out every day, except for dinner in the hotel on the first day. We chose the hotel so that we would be on the promenade, close to the main square and walking distance to the bus terminus and ferry port. We used the €2 bus to go to two beaches at Lassi, with nice tavernas where we had drinks and lunch, then a taxi back.  We had dinner twice at the Captains Table restaurant which was highly rated and just along the prom and twice at restaurants on the main square. We flew from EMA on Wednesday and landed in a thunder sto...
Read more