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We got back from Lockrum Island around 4.00pm, just in time to do the tourist trip of the walls of Dubrovnik. The walls stand entirely encircling the old city and, although they were battered during the war they have been restored entirely. As you look down on the roofs from above you notice that most of the Roman tiling is new. In only a couple of places has the damage to the town been left untouched. We walked up to the top of the walls at the Ploce Gate and went all the way round descending just before 6.00pm when they closed for the day. In the warm afternoon light the stone glowed beautifully. Here are the pictures. At the end is a section featuring the washing of the city, of which I was now getting slightly obsessed! They are in the order of the trip apart from the 'washing' section where they are grouped together. A panorama of 10 stitched photos, not sure it was worth it! Anne took a picture for this couple who asked someone els...

The second day of our holiday we had intended to spend on the island nature reserve of Mljet. However the ferries had stopped doing day trips and it was not going to be possible to get back. So we changed our plans and thought we might go to Lockrum, a small island only 10 minutes ferry drive from the Old Port in Dubrovnik. We caught the bus to the Pile Gate of the old town, stopping to admire the view of the fort and city walls from outside the gate. Once in the city we stopped at a couple of churches to look at the interiors. First St Saviours where a tour guide was entertaining his customers with a recital on the piano, and then the church attached to the Franciscan Monastery, which was a very grand affair with a relief of the Pieta over the front door. We continued our walk down the Stadun to Luza Square at the far end, taking in the views down the side streets. In the square, by the Rector's Palace with it's elaborately carved capi...