 We had arrived in Dubrovnik the previous night, and had pretty much gone straight to bed. So when we awoke and made our way to breakfast, we were pleasantly surprised by the magnificent view that greeted us. We wasted no time with heading towards the old town. We entered across a drawbridge through the magnificent walls. As we were to later discover, these walls ranged from 1.5 to 6 meters thick in places.
 We decided to start with a walk along the town walls, getting unparalleled views of the old town. Minceta fort, being the highest point, provided the best view across the expanse of red roofs. The hand held audio tour we had explained that only the yellow tiled roofs were the present before the bombings in the early nineties. Those that were red, which were most of them, were all restored afterwards. It gave some scale to the magnitude of the destruction incurred during the conflict.
 The walk along the walls actually took us to midday. In a humid heat reaching the lower 30 degrees celsius, we sought some shade and lunch down one of the many side streets off the Stradun, the main street that runs through the town. As we were finishing Kristi came across the most bizarre thing, and I had to go take a look for myself. The restaurant had a unisex toilet, but had taken the unisex part a little too literally. They had not only your standard toilet in the single cubical, but right next to it was a urinal. And when I say right next to it, you would have to of rested one foot on the toilet seat just to get the appropriate angle.
 We continued our exploration of the old town, visiting various churches before heading out through the Western entrance, which again was a narrow gate complete with an intact drawbridge. We headed to one of the forts we had seen whilst walking the walls, Fort Lovrijenac, and proceeded to climb the many steps up the rocky outcrop it resided upon. From its battlements we got a great vista of the town making it all worth while.
 We decided to return that evening to the renown restaurant; Nautika, that was situated looking out towards Lovrijenac fort. It was reported to be the sixth most romantic restaurants in the world, and did live up to expectations with a fantastic backdrop and terrific food. We also had the most expensive meal we've been fortunate to experience. There were seven courses in total, not including coffee as some people count. I had so much cutlary I barely had room for my wine.
 After we finally finished the meal we headed back into the old town in the hopes of finding the street performers and open air concerts that were promised comprised Dubvornik's summer festival. No sooner we passed through the gated entrance we were greeted with three folk performing various classical peices. After a few numbers we decided to see what other musical delights awaited us further inside, but unfortunatly we were unable to locate anything else going on. So we called an end to a wonderful first day in Dubrovnik.
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