lapad by day - dubrovnik by night

Lapad Dubrovnik - Saturday 27th of April

At 6am I woke up to the sound of birdsong and went to the balcony to watch the sunrise and moonset. Needless to say, thereafter I went back to sleep.

After the second awakening, we went out for breakfast on the terrace. The breakfasts in our hotel are excellent, plenty of choice and just the fact that you can have breakfast outside in the sun... this is v a c a t i o n.

Today seriously beach weather for the first time and so we bought 2 small (marine themed) beach mattresses for the pebble beach in the small supermarket on the bay.

We almost had the beach to ourselves and even went for a swim, the sea water was 16 degrees, so it was totally doable.

Together we made another creative beach creature out of stones. After a wonderfully relaxing day at Sunset bay, we spend some time on a luxurious bed under the parasol by the pool. Before freshening up for dinner in Dubrovnik, we made a homemade starter on our balcony with bread, anchovies, ajvar and sardines. It looked like a pizza but tasted very different and was surprisingly tasty.

By bus to Dubrovnik (takes no more than fifteen minutes) and strolled around the atmospheric marble streets of the old town. In the evening this city is even more magical and during the magic hour the party is complete!

For dinner the choice fell on Restaurant Gradska Kavana Arsenal, and we were lucky because there was exactly one table for two available at the best place first rank. With live jazz-lounge music by trumpeter and pianist. Sometimes you have days when everything is just right. Bring on the prosecco!

We had oysters from Ston (where we visited yesterday), squid salad, black risotto, homemade focaccia, prosecco Astoria Cord and the super nice waitress treated us to chocolate cake on the house.

When we walked around after dinner the city was so quiet and peaceful. What a beautiful place this is! I understand why so many people visit Dubrovnik and we are also very pleased that we have arrived at a off-season period when there are less visitors.

lapad - croatia

Tuesday evening 23th of April we arrived late in Dubrovnik. Drove to Lapad by car in pitch darkness, so haven't seen much of the Croatian coast sofar. After a drink in the rooftop bar of Hotel Kompas, we checked into our room with a view on Sunset Beach. What a beautiful bay by moonlight! Tomorrow morning after breakfast we will explore Lapad.

Lapad Dubrovik - Wednesday 24th of April - 18660 steps

After breakfast a walk along the pebble beach with an incredibly cool concrete cult slide.

The weather is cloudy & changeable today, so we decide to save 'Dubrovnik in the sun' for tomorrow.

Lapad is a green peninsula, situated just outside of Dubrovnik's Old Town, plenty to discover here!

It is still nice and quiet in the early season and that's exactly why we're going in April.

Enough beautiful bays for the coming week and amazing how crystal clear the water is!

Our first day was wonderful! Just one shower of 5 minutes today, sun and clouds alternated rapidly. Many fascinating impressions on our debut in Croatia.

Before dinner we made beach figures in the sun, while we watched the sunset.