Jul 27 2008
Lazy Days in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik Bradt Guide
I have been in Dubrovnik for almost a week and have successfully sunk into a daily pattern. I have a lot of free time as I only have four hours of class a day, giving me plenty of time to explore every nook and cranny of the old town. The old town of Dubrovnik is actually quite small, and I have spent many summers exploring it, so I feel very much at home and have become a familiar face. Every summer it seems like not much has changed from the last.
People are still strolling or strutting down the main street enjoying ice cream. The cafes are jammed with locals and tourists reading the newspapers, gossiping, and nursing their coffees. Others are just hanging out watching the spectacle. After a while all of the nights start to seem the same, so I am always happy when I stumble upon a new place.
Just yesterday I went on a guided tour of Marin Drzic’s birth house. Drzic is a famous Croatian playwright from Dubrovnik and this is the 500th anniversary of his birth. The city has planned a lot of events to honor him, and his works are being translated into about 14 languages. The guide was explaining how the street would have looked when he lived there and how it has not changed very much.
While he was giving the tour, there were some young boys playing soccer and women leaning out of the window yelling at them to stop making so much noise. The guide chuckled and pointed out some words that were carved into the stone wall. If you looked closely it was some sort of graffiti dating from the Renaissance period. It basically was a warning to all of the neighborhood boys to stop making so much noise at night because they were keeping everyone up. It was kind of funny to realize that 500 years later, nothing has changed.
Read more: Cafe Culture, Croatia, Dubrovnik, Eastern Europe, History, Marin Drzic, News, News, TravelLisa can usually be found staring longingly at the Eastern European shelf at the Globe Corner Bookstore. However, she really wants to go to Colombia.
