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Since our last day would be pretty packed, I thought we might as well head into the Old town for the day. This time our Airbnb was about a 15-20 minute walk from the main town but it wasn't a bad walk and it was so much more affordable and easy to park a car. Once we got in the city we walked around and eventually found ourselves at the cable car to go up to the Fort Imperial that overlooks the city. I Views along the outside of the wall near Pile Gate. The Pile Gate Entrance Just inside the gate there is this massive water fountain ( of drinking water!! So awesome right?!) More exploring... The street I KNOW was used in part of the Walk of Shame.                                              The other entrance to the old city near the marina.  It's a quick (packed with no AC so thank heavens) ride up to the top and has magnificent views! We walked around the top as much as we could and explored the fort (which was falling apart and not much to
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Day 12: Today was an all day sailing day. We were up again bright and early to grab some breakfast and find our boat at the wharf so we could check in and be ready for the 8:00 departure. It was a huge catamaran so tons of people including one dog were aboard (which I found interesting.. who brings their dog on one of these trips?) Anyways we quickly set sail for the all day adventure starting with a 2.5 hour ride just to get to the Island of Hvar.  We had one swim stop just before the Island where it was hot enough I wanted to get in.. but then I didn't want to be sopping wet when we were going to be getting on a bus and touring an Island only 10 minutes later... so I postponed swimming for later and we just laid out enjoying the warm sun Once we docked and boarded the bus, we took a quick detour out to the charming little town, Vrboska. It is known as a little Venice because of the long Sea channel that goes right down the middle and the numerous little bridges that cr