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Croatia, one island down, 1,243 to go

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Croatia, one island down, 1243 to go. And I’m feeling like the peacock of the walk.

We have come the 600m from the harbour of the Old Town of Dubrovnik to Lokrum, 30% off with our Dubrovnik Pass (€30).

And the contrast is stark… and Targaryen, Lannister, Baratheon, Greyjoy, Tully, Arryn, Martell, and Tyrell.

The Queen of all she surveys

Your handmaid: On the Iron Throne

Visitors today come to luscious Lokrum to continue their Game of Thrones odyssey.

To sit on the Iron Throne which, of course, is where you will find my Mother of all Dragons.

While I stride the uneven stones up the Path of Paradise.

My team: The peacocks

To the Fort Royal (French)/Fort Maximillian (Austrian) for her, after she has given me the slip.

When I should have known ‘to find her in her father’s temple’.

Floating on water

Boat comes in: Lokrum

Her orders decreed from her throne she goes out to survey her domain.

The botanical gardens and the batcave… no, actual bats, not another fantasy franchise.

And the Dead Sea, no, not the actual Dead Sea but a saltwater cave and lake all the same.

I’ve the answer: Every day is a schoolday

Where again we have to step gingerly on the jaggedy stones to climb into the fresh reviving water.

We have come without towels, again she has one job to do!

But we soon dry off in the early 20s temperatures.

The Emerald Isle

Path to Paradise: Sadie’s domain

Lokrum, the Emerald Isle, is uninhabited and it is liberating to be free of the crowds who throng the Old Town.

The only residents of the half a mile island are those bats, who only come out at night.

And the peacocks who strut their stuff which is why my own bird of paradise feels so at home here.

Still waters: And I swim deep

But we must take flight… we are intent to make our last day on our loveholidays and EasyJet holiday, staying in the Grand Park Hotel, in Croatia, special.

Croatia, one island down, 1243 to go. And we have our sights set on three more, the Eliphet Islands which we will share here with you.

MEET YOU ON THE WATER

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Another Dubrovnik where war is real

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They come today to tred the Walk of Shame, but look around you and you will catch another Dubrovnik where war is real.

That the world pronounces that they will try and protect such jewels is admirable.

Although philistines and warmongers pay little heed.

Cities of culture

As anyone knows who followed the Dresden story and witnessed how they rebuilt that Renaissance city, the Florence of the Elbe.

History moves on and for Dresden 1945 read Dubrovnik 1991.

When the expansionist Serbs laid siege to the Pearl of the Adriatic over the autumn and winter of that year of change.

The tragedy of the Siege of Dubrovnik is that it had become a refuge for Croatians from neighbouring towns and villages.

Those who believed its cultural heritage would prick the Serbs’ conscience.

Defenders of Dubrovnik

The full story of the Fight for the Homeland is detailed at the War Museum above the Old Town.

Which today’s visitors can reach by cable car (€32 for two) which do give stunning vistas.

Although if you’re feeling fit you can walk up the winding 2km path.

It was after all how the defenders of Dubrovnik scaled the heights.

With their donkeys and their artillery and provisions.

The War Museum is a testament to the courage of the Defenders of Dubrovnik.

Road to freedom

Military aficionados will focus on the cache of weapons and uniforms and insignia on display.

While for this journalist and his photojournalist wife the audio film and pictorial and editorial displays of the Siege capture our attention.

We spend a couple of hours learning and assimilating the Siege of Dubrovnik before walking down the slopes to the Old Town.

We place stones by the crosses that mark the winding path and say a prayer at the Stations of the Cross.

It is a leisurely stroll and one not afforded those who fought and died here in 1991.

Let the Games begin

A Game of Thrones tour awaits us down by the fountain at the front gates of the Old Town.

It is, of course, all fantasy which we will share with you as we continue our loveholidays and EasyJet holiday.

And for that we are all thankful.