Balkan Bound: Final Days in Dubrovnik

      So as the saying goes all good things must come to an end and unfortunately our time in Dubrovnik has come to a close. But do not worry, we definitely lived it up during our final few days that we had there. The final countdown began on Thursday after class ended when a few of us decided to go to the swimming hole that was just a two minute walk from our class. We had been eyeing this spot since the beginning of the week, wanting to go for a swim in one of the local places and finally the time had come! We immediately got in and the water from the Adriatic Sea is certainly cold to say the least. At this place there was a ledge that you could jump off of into the water and since I've never done any sort of cliff jumping I knew that this was my time to try it. So we all decided to give it a go and it was certainly worth it. According to one local boy though we were not doing our cannon balls correctly, but growing up using the Davidson Swimming Holes diving board every summer I had to disagree. Unfortunately, we were not able to stay here for that long because we had a Croatian meal waiting for us at the guesthouse that was beckoning us to it.
      Our dinner this evening was prepared for us by the Villa Klaic owner, Milo and his family. It started with an appetizer of sausage, bread, various cooked vegetables and a paprika sauce. At first we thought this was the entire dinner so we all were getting fairly heavy portions of this until our trusty TA Bessir came to the rescue to tell us all that that was just the appetizer. The next course didn't come out for another hour or so, giving us plenty of time to socialize and just relax. Finally after the long wait the main course was ready! It included meat, potatoes and carrots with a salad on the side. I have never seen as much food in my life than when they brought these platters of food out to the tables, it was quite impressive and delicious. The dinner was finished with a chocolate crepe and upon slipping into massive food comas we all headed to bed to get ready for our last full day in Dubrovnik!
      Our last full day once again consisted of class, but thankfully it was shortened to just two hours to give time for our afternoon excursion to Cavtat. To get to Cavtat requires roughly an hour long boat ride which we were lucky enough to be offered the best seats in the house on the front of the boat. Not going to lie the ride was so relaxing it literally put me to sleep, but only after taking in some of the beautiful views. When we finally arrived to Cavtat, which is a beach resort town, we went off in search of the perfect place to lay out and swim. We were then able to spend all afternoon hanging out here which was the perfect ending to our stay in Dubrovnik! Now its time to go explore Sarajevo!