Farewell Croatia....Hello again, Italy!

Hello again!

I am writing this blog post on about 3 hours of sleep so please excuse any typos or grammatical mistakes! Lisa and I said our goodbyes to Dubrovnik last night.  We spent our last few hours in Dubrovnik on the beach.  During that time, I looked out on the water and captured a mental image of the beautiful water and mountains I was seeing.  A song came on my Ipod called “Be Still” by The Killers.  These lyrics I think defined our time in Croatia.. "And life is short to say the least, We're in the belly of the beast..Be still, wild and young, long may your innocence reign, like shells on the shore".    The belly of the beast, of course, is us realizing that we are running out of money.  Yet, we are letting our innocence (roaring 20s) be our motivation to enjoy every moment! We've had an incredible time "being still"....relaxing on the beach, enjoying the beautiful water, and exploring Dubrovnik nightlife.  

The other day we had an awesome experience of walking the city walls of Old Town.  We looked out on the town, and towards the horizon of the Adriatic, and the view actually took my breath away.  We were awestruck by the view so much so that we lost track of time.  We looked at the time and saw that we only had 15 minutes until our kayaking excursion was going to begin.  We looked ahead at the perimeter of the city walls ahead of us and knew that the only way we were going to make this kayaking trip on time is if we walked like New Yorkers.  So, we power walked through the rest of the way around the city.  We stopped to get some pictures- (see below).  

We were happy we made it in time for our kayaking excursion because it was AMAZING! It was a sunset tour...3 hours long.  Our arms are very sore.  The views while kayaking in the water were unreal.  We didn't have our cameras with us because we were afraid they would get wet, so we just had to soak in the moment.  I did take a couple pictures that you will see below.  All the other moments, including a beautiful sunset over the Adriatic, are captured in our memory.

We rested up this past week, although it doesn't feel like it now.  We slept in chairs on the ferry last night...it was a 10 hour ride.  Finally we are back in Italy now. It feels great to be back!!! We will be in staying back in Puglia with our friends for a few nights.  It's hard to believe that we are reaching the last leg of our trip....we are very sad and in denial about this!! 

I'm sure I will have some fun stories to post about our next few days in Italy...we are going to another Tarantella concert tonight.  Talk to you soon! Ciao!