So long Dubrovnik & thanks for the memories. And hello Prague

Our last morning in Dubrovnik we got up early to walk to the port for a custard slice that Ros had seen - apparently looking delicious. A perfect day with the sun glistening on the water, and the orange roofs of the old town standing out proud against the blue sky. The port was full of little boats and huge super yachts, the custard slice was akin to orangey flavoured blancmange with old pastry, and the coffee was luckily superb. Across the road was a public gym park with very cool sturdy gym equipment - so I had to give it a go. Well the first one I couldn't get my legs to coordinate, and then was laughing so hard I couldn't get off! And the next one Ros was laughing so hard she chopped my head off in the photo. Len Brown we need some of these in Auckland.

Haha

Dubrovnik has a lovely little airport which makes a change from big noisy bustling ones. We were way early as usual, and spent our last few cents before heading off to another new currency. Croatia and the Czech Republic are both in th EU, but have kept their own currencies.

Czech airlines (Smart Wings) were clean, smooth, and efficient, although we missed all the free goodies that we'd grown used to on Aegean Airlines.

Flying over the countryside as we were coming in it looked green and well managed, with lots of ploughed pastures. This is after the scraggly tilled plots randomly dotted around Athens, and the dry arid ness of the Greek Islands and the coastline around Dubrovnik. And yes a very efficient bus whisked us to the metro which then deposited us in the centre of town a few doors from our accommodation - more on that later as it's amazing, and I need to take photos.

Needless to say our next stop needed to be a beer garden (de rigueur) in this part of the world.  And of course we were assailed with beautiful foodie smells so wanted to try some Czech specialities. It's much cooler here, and it looks to be an amazingly beautiful city - can't wait to explore further.

Cheers

Mini sausages with sauerkraut and mustard, and potato and cabbage cakes - beer snacks, and absolutely delicious!