First Impressions Of Dubrovnik
I arrived in Dubrovnik in mid-morning and took the airport bus to just outside the old city.
My hotel was in the old city, just off the main walk across the old city between the bus station and the old port.
Flying To Dubrovnik
I chose the flight leaving at 05:55 on a Sunday morning deliberately, so that I would get another half-day in Dubrovnik.
But it wasn’t the best journey.
- I walked round the corner to get an N38 bus to Victoria at about 0200 and all seemed to be stopping short at Piccadilly Circus.
- Piccadilly Circus was rather strange at two-thirty in the morning and was surprisingly empty.
- In the end, I took a taxi to Victoria.
- Gatwick Expresses don’t run at that time in the morning, but I just managed to catch the 0300 to Gatwick, which is not the fadtest of trains.
- I got into Departures easily, but then had to walk miles through duty-free, where I never buy anything.
- I also forgot to buy my toothpaste and deodorant.
- It was the main terminal and buying a gluten-free breakfast from someone I trust was off menu.
We’ve got no-frills airlines, why not a no-frills airport, which would only have a cafe that does gluten-free food, toilets and a Boots?
After that the flight was uneventful.
This picture shows my first view of the sea off the Dalmastion Coast.
If you want to see what a pilot sees on a typical flight into Dubrovnik, watch this video.
You should be able to recognise the distinctive coastline.
Planning A Home Run From Dubrovnik
I have decided that my next Home Run will be from Dubrovnik. I am not booking it yet, as I have one health issue to clear up first. I also want to get some more of my kitchen done first. So dates look like as follows.
Leave London on July 27th by either easyJet or British Airways.
Return to London on Aug 6th or 7th on a late Eurostar out of Paris. Ipswich are at Brentford on the 8th, so I want to be home before this match.
C and myself only went to Croatia once and that was on a long drive back from the Greek Islands in the 1970s, where we passed through Zagreb. One of C’s phrases was to describe people as grebes for some reason, so I can remember her making comments about the Zagreebians.
So one of the reasons is to get myself more knowledge of Croatia.
I also intend to go to Munich to get a pizza and a beer and to Karlsruhe to have a further look at their large tram-train network or Stadtbahn.
A Possible Itinerary
July 27th – Fly to Dubrovnik – Spend three nights in Dubrovnik
July 30th – Bus to Split – Spend one night in Split
July 31st – Train to Zagreb – Spend two nights in Zagreb
August 2nd – Train to Ljubljana – Spend one night in Ljubljana
August 3rd – Train to Villach and Munich – Spend one night in Munich
August 4th – Train to Karlsruhe – Spend two nights in Karlsruhe
August 6th – Train to Paris and London
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