Old city charm and sea side beauty

Currently writing this post from our new hotel called the Rixos in dubronvik! Aleena is probably laughing because all along she told me to stay here but we didn't book it because it was over our budget. However our original hotel, although okay (Argosy Hotel) was decent but not for the price we were paying, so we upgraded and moved hotels for 1 night (because it wasnt available before) and seriously trying to see if we can stay one more night and cut one night out of our next city/island, Hvar. Loving our new hotel and have a spa treatment booked later today! We definitely wish we had left more days for Croatia - at least 10 days instead of 7 but hindsight is always 20/20! Dubrovnik does live up to its hype! When you arrive at the old city of Dubrovnik, you get the feeling you do you see Machu Piccu in Peru for the first time or other comparable sights, for those of you who have been. Walking along the old city walls was definitely a highlight to see it from above! There are still people living in the Old city and there are tonneau of shops and restaurants. As Dubrovnik is along the Adriatic Sea and is right at the Bosnian border, its city walls were damaged during a war with former Yugoslavia but you barely even notice. UNESCO has named it a world heritage sight and rightfully so. Dubrovnik is a port city for cruise ships also and is just crawling with tourists like us! It's also super hot so we have spent the daytime at the beach and/or pool and then go to old town in the evening when it cools down a bit. Adam and I can handle heat very well and even we are sweating walking the stairs in old town to get around. All the alley ways of the old town have "patio" restaurants like the alleyways in some areas of Instanbul. Since we couldnt squeeze in a day trip to Bosnia or to Montenegro, we wanted to try Bosnian food and it was also highly rated on our travel bible, Tripadvisor! The restaurant was called Taj Mahal, which you would think is an Indian restaurant. It was good to try, similar to Turkish food, but tiffin ribs/east african is still the best food in the world lol! We also went to Dubruvka on the first night which is just outside the old town, recommended by Ali and Zahra, who just came back from Croatia 2 weeks ago. Really nice view and good food too! For anyone who goes to Croatia in the near future, I'd recommend purchasing the 1 day dubrovnik pass or longer if you have time to see the other sights because it pays for itself for stuff you will definitely be doing anyway.