Dubrovnik and the Game of Thrones legacy continues.

Sunday 18th May

We were greeted with this lovely scene when we arrived in Dubrovnik at 6.30am

I don’t remember this bridge from our last trip, 10 years ago

The port is a long way from the Old Town of Dubrovnik so we took a shuttle. Seems everyone was visiting Dubrovnik but then, it was Sunday.

Most of you would know that Game of Thrones (a show I never watched and never will watch) was filmed in the Old Town of Dubrovnik, amongst other locations, from 2011 to 2019. It has been called one of the most acclaimed progammes (or programs, if you’re American) of all time. This would explain why I haven’t watched it. The only reason I eventually watched Star Wars was because Harrison Ford was in it and one of my little students insisted on wearing his Darth Vader outfit to class so I had to research that.

So 6 years after the last baddie was smote and goodness prevailed (my understanding of the final scene) the GOT legacy is as strong as it was in 2011 (this may not be grammatically correct but it sounded good so I’ve left it as is).

The Dubrovnik Old Town is awash with GOT memorabilia. Every second store has “genuine” GOT items for sale, all claiming to be “official Game of Thrones merchandise”. Every other shop is a cafe or restaurant.

Souvenir shops have expanded their wares to include cat embellished products AND fish embellished products.

The town square is now full of people, cafes and today, a market. 10 years ago we were able to wander around the main town square but not today.

We did see a woman wearing white, posing for her personal photographer and her assistant who tried to keep gawkers away. I managed to get a photo. Maybe the woman was an ‘influencer’. Who knows. Anyway, she was all very pouty and look at me and there was a lot of hair swishing and more pouty looks.

There was another girl with absolutely MASSIVE lips who went into a shop I was loitering in front of. I was so taken aback that I didn’t have time to grab the camera so you’ll have to trust me – they were huge.

About this shop I was loitering in front of. This, it turned out, was a mistake as Glenys found a lovely little outfit of matching shorts and top. No way was I going to even consider it, being a jeans and t-shirt kind of person, however, I took a photo so you can see what I am up against.

Lots of looking around but unfortunately so many people that I couldn’t get a clear shot of any of the buildings.

I thought I’d finish this post with a clever little quote from Game of Thrones but I couldn’t decide.

We’re off now for Split (or else I’m feeling woozy and the port is disappearing…)

C