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Croatia/Adriatic

Looking back at the plaza area outside the main entrance. This is the area where the first photos were taken looking out to sea and the building ruins in front of it to the left in this photo.
Looking out to the sea are a group of kayaker's enjoying the late afternoon on the water.
Close up look of the kayaker's.
Looking across the roof tops of the Walled City and the hillside of Srd mountain residences.
In the photo you can see the number of steps at various locations one needs to walk to make the circle of the Walled City walk at the top of the ramparts.
Repairing a residence wall as one walks along the walkway above the city.
Walking the narrow walkway with homes to the left and the Adriatic Sea to the right.
Below the wall on the seaside is a popular small venue for drinks, food and sunbathing. The bars 2 of them are known as the Buza Bars.
Buza Barr Dubrovnik, 2 of them, are the famous hole in the wall bars located on the side of a cliff.
Different view of the same location for food, drink and a place to also jump into the water for a swim.
A yet different view of the same location
Jumping into the sea from above
A diver caught in flight into the  clear water of the Adriatic.
A view from the southern side of the walk looking toward the Srd mountain and to the left will be the harbor entrance we saw earlier with the private boats and charter boats.
Another view looking across the roof tops of the Walled City after walking the entire circle above.
We spent the previous day driving to Montenegro and now we are back into Dubrovnik, Croatia.  We have now driven up  on Srd mountain overlooking Dubrovnik below and entered into the Fort Imperial and the Homeland War Museum.
We have arranged for us a speaker who was a young boy when the war started with Serbia  and we had a first hand account of the Homeland war of the Balkans and the impact it has had and continues to have on Dubrovnik as well as the region.
Today Croatia still contends with rebuilding war town edifices,  but beyond crumbling infrastructure, the prejudice against people from other countries at the root of the conflict remains palpable.  His talk was very moving.
The location we are in was painfully relevant as it was a strategic war location, the Fortress suffered violent attacks from the Serbs.  This resulted in countless casualties. We learn what it was like to live and survive through this violent period.
The Homeland War of the Balkans, 1991 to 1995, the Croat Forces  which sought independence from Yugoslavia, and the Serb controlled Yugoslav Peoples Army against the secession. Croatia ultimately won Independence at a terrible cost of life and destruction of infrastructure and displaced tens of thousands in neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina of Muslims and Catholics.

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