Dubrovnik at last

I have been waiting to arrive here for the whole trip!
And I can safely say that it's awesome!

Hurtled my way to Bari and off the train to the ferry terminal. On the way bumped into a bunch of Yanks and an Aussie who were headed to Patras in Greece on their way to the greek islands. (Funny how you can tell New Yorkers instantly). Had a good time with those guys until they left and I went off to buy my passage. Once I had my ticket in hand I ploughed my way onto the boat in search of "deck" passage. Luckily that just means any seat without a number, so a spare spot of carpet is fair game. In the process I met up with Naill, Eimear, and Simone who once we disembarked landed an appartment together for 120 Kuna a night each (not actually that much, about 19 euro). Our place is awesome! It's in a residential neighborhood called Lapad, which is leafy, green, and filled with flowering vines. And it has a kitchen! My god, a real kitchen! Bacon and eggy breakfasts here I come!

We arrived this morning so I haven't seen much of Dubrovnik yet (Simone and I are headed to the Old Town and then the beach later today). But what I have seen is beautiful. I love the vibe here. For instance: we asked the tourist office where the nearest internet cafe is and she said straight down such and such a street is the internet park. So we trundle off looking for some building labelled "Internet Park". But what we found instead was literally a park filled with computers on tables, litered throughout the park under dappled shady trees! SO COOL!