Croatian Nightlife (July 11, Real Part II)

After the orphanage and hospital visit, we came back and got dinner. We freshened up, relaxed a little, then decided to go out for the night. Not all the girls wanted to, so it was just Michelle, Brittany, Kelsey, and I. We weren’t sure what to expect with the nightlife in Croatia, but we heard everyone was going to the old city walls so we thought we’d try that out first.

We had a long walk out of the port along the water, and it was THE MOST GORGEOUS sunset so far, for sure. We took the opportunity to take some fun pictures! :)

We got to the bus stop and met some Australians who said Fuego was the place to go. They said it was right when you got off the bus at the old city, and it was easy to spot. It was a club so it didn’t open until 11 or 12, so we decided maybe we’d check it out later. We walked into the city walls, and it was amazing! We felt like we were in a dream! The walls looked very castle-esque. They were huge and old and…were walls. I don’t know how to describe them! I have pictures of them during the day. We were inside one of the walls, and the sides were lined with shops and ice cream stores and bars. We had to walk through a drawbridge to get in! It was so cool because it wasn’t a mock-anything, it was the real old city walls, really used to surround and protect the city of Dubrovnik. Inside the walls, it was so fun. There was this old, antique, almost rustic feeling. The walls were lit with yellow lights and lampposts, which created such a fun atmosphere. Almost everyone inside the walls at this time of night were all around my age- college or a little older. People were so friendly. Croatia must draw tons of nationalities, because we heard all kind of accents and met people from all over the world! We walked down the walls and went into some shops and bars, but the bars were pretty empty since it was so “early” (11 at this point). When we went into one of the shops, the woman at the cash register was asking if we were all traveling together and said “Now make sure when you travel together, you all--” and one of us finished with “stick together?” Her reply- “Oh, NO! This is Croatia, the safest place in the world! Don’t stay together, go off, meet people, it’s great here!” We were so surprised by this! Everywhere else we’d been, we’d gotten warnings to be very safe and cautious. Obviously we were still going to stick together, but we still thought it was funny that she said that! We went down to the water for a bit and all sat and talked by the shore. It still felt like we were in a castle!

When it was getting later, we finally decided we’d check out Fuego. We exited through the draw bridge (!) and there were a lot of SASers waiting outside for it to open. It finally opened, and we could go in. We had to pay a cover charge, but it wasn’t too much. Unfortunately, one of the people we met up was not being let into the club so Kelsey and Brittany took him back to the ship. So now it was Michelle and I, but we luckily met up with some other people from the ship that we were hanging out with. I saw so many other people I knew inside- Semester at Sea had TAKEN over. It was really fun! After awhile, they started some dance contest that was really lame. It lasted for 2 HOURS. We were bored, so we left and took a taxi back to the ship. We were planning on taking buses, but they stopped running too early. The taxis drive sooo fast there!