So far we have had eight wonderful stress free days. That is what I love most about a Bus Tour. All the planning is done for you. We just wake up in the morning, and if it is a day when we are on the move, it is just a matter of getting our bag out the Hotel room door by around 7.30am, and from then on our main task is following the Tour Directors instructions. We visit the best tourist attractions, the entry fee is included in the tour cost, and most days the lunch and/or the evening meal is also included. We get the most information possible about every town and attraction that we are visiting, we get guided tours through the towns, and we also get enough free time to discover a few things by ourselves.
The walk around the wall at Dubrovnik was something we chose to do, and it proved a great decision. Other people from our tour decided to take the gondola up the hill at Dubrovnik and see the views from that super high position. They came back with great reports as well.
During the day we selected an add on tour to a nearby town called Cavtat. A lovely little seaside town that has a half hour walk around the little beaches. The little township was the place for us to have our lunches at a restaurant of our choice.
![Across the water in the distance is Dubrovnik](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0445.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The lovely little harbour](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0450.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![One of the little swim beaches](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1000824.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![The walkway](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0543.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
The day was beautiful and hot and there were several people enjoying a swim in the warm Adriatic sea. As we walked around I remembered the wonderful feeling that I felt from diving off a boat and swimming in the Mediterranean Sea at The Isle of Capri last year on our ‘Grand tour of Italy and Sicily’. Judy Teresa and I sat with our feet dangling in the sea, savouring the moment, when the decision was made that we would have a swim in the Adriatic!
![Feet dangling in and being tempted to jump in](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0453.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Teresa, Lisa and myself were the only ones brave enough to jump in](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/515.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![The water was lovely and warm and very salty](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/516.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![The secluded place where we swam in our bra and undies!](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0546.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
The swim was fantastic! We ate lunch sitting in our clothes with wet underwear underneath but it didn’t matter in the least. The experience was enough to put up with any discomfort.
That evening we went out for a dinner cruise off Dubrovnik. A few others from the tour (and us three as well) were going to go for a another swim. This time jumping off the boat. The only reason why we didn’t was the fact the there was no ladder, the boat sat high up in the water, and the crew was going to have to pull us back onto the boat! It was hard enough for me to get back up on land from the swim earlier in the day. I couldn’t imagine getting my body dragged up the side of the boat and try to look glamorous as well, so I decided against it. So did the others!
![This was the boat we had our tea on](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0559.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
We left Dubrovnik and sailed to a very still bay and had a super meal together. It was such a treat.
![Just leaving the harbour](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0463.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Our Captain telling us about the evening, and the alcohol :-)](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0554.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Some of our traveling buddies](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/484.jpg?resize=400%2C298)
![Me, Teresa and Judy](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0557.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Eating our nibbles and celebrating the night](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/489.jpg?resize=400%2C298)
![And we are off to sea](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0508.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![A very enjoyable time was had by all](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0485.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Our meal arrives (Judy and Len)](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0563.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Robin and me with our Dinner](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1000848.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![Coming back in past Dubrovnik](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0593.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![Close up of the fortress](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1000830.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![Another view of the wall surrounding the Old Town of Dubrovnik](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1000861.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![Coming in to Berth at Dubrovnik](https://i2.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0604.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
![The lovely sunset](https://i1.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/P1000851.jpg?resize=400%2C300)
![Dubrovnik harbour](https://i0.wp.com/www.pamperstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_0615.jpg?resize=400%2C266)
What a fabulous evening, and we all slept peacefully and with such happy memories of the day.
My goodness. Looking back on our holiday reminds me how lucky we are to be able to venture out into this big wide world. We have had such great times together.