We woke up on our last morning in Orebic and realized the only two things we had to do that day were to go to the beach and get to Dubrovnik. We sat by the pool, got some sun and waited for our cab while reading on the deck. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon. Rather than take a three-hour bus trip to Dubrovnik, we hired a local cab driver named Josep to drive us since he was heading that way anyway (as John already mentioned). There are a few key highlights from the journey that merit mention.
1. The roads were ridiculously curvy. In fact, we made a short stop to the side fo the road at one point in the journey to leave a gift for the patron saint of travelers in a road-side mini-church / box. Apparently this is a tradition Josep does every trip, but we were especially relieved when we saw how perilous the journey was.
2. The scenery was incredibly beautiful. Mountains, water, foliage... you get the idea. For those of you who've done the drive down PCH, this was better.
Because of #1 and #2, we were too distracted to befriend Josep until half-way through the journey. [Good thing Meredith is an excellent navigator, otherwise that left turn could have been detrimental to our journey]. Meanwhile, Josep began to tell us a story from his recent visit to Hungary where he was delivering furniture. This story is too good not to share:
Josep was standing idly on the roadside at the Hungarian border while others were unloading the furniture delivery. In his bored state, he began to pick up some small stones and throw them into the cornfield below. After throwing a few stones, a man suddenly yelps out from below! His head pokes up above the corn stalks and he begins yelling at Josep in Hungarian! Josep apologizes profusely, having had no intention of hitting anyone, when the man switches to English and Josep begins to understand what he is saying... the man had been "taking a shit" in the middle of the cornfield and thought Josep had seen him there and that was why he threw a rock at him!
We passed a town named Ston that has a huge fortress and wall built around it. Josep tells us this is 2nd in line after China as the longest wall in the world. Pretty impressive.
Finally, we made it to Dubrovnik. The bar John mentioned deserves to be be mentioned again. It was so breathtaking to be enjoying drinks outside the fortress wall, up against the water.
Onward to Greece...
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