We are back in Istanbul. For a pure baking-on-the-beach-and-exploring vacation experience Dubrovnik might be my favorite place I've ever visited. For starters there were no jellyfisgh and virtually no mosquitos and the tap water is potable.
The food was mostly excellent: my favorite was "the cheerful Bosnian," a rumpsteak wrapped in a tube around vegetables in a creamy sauce that I ate at a Bosnian restaurant improbably named Taj Mahal. The seafood was also good, though these whole prawns were a bit advanced for me, particularly the one that oozed black goo from its midsection, I now know a sign of being not so fresh.
Our favorite place was Lokrum Island, a short boat ride from the medieval walled city center. The city center and beaches near the ferry landing were very crowded with tourists, but everywhere in the city and on the island we went, just a few minutes walk and we would find ourselves completely alone. The perfect swimming cove we kept returning to, and mostly had all to ourselves:
Lokrum is heavily populated by peacocks and rabbits, though they seem despite drawing tourist love to be officially ignored as pests rather than attractions. Nowhere in pamphlets and guides are peacocks mentioned.
Notice anything missing from this guide to the city's birds found on the island?
When we tired of swimming and hiking and sunbaking, there was a half-build monastery on Lokrum with an airy cafe inside where we could play cards. When hungry, we picnicked on Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party-style carved wooden chairs and table. They were all cut from a very aromatic wood that smelled halfway between pine and cedar.
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