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Day 10 - Dubrovnik Croatia

We arrived at Dubrovnik Croatia on July 2nd. It was very pretty passing through the smal narrow channels between the small outer islands and the main coast. We did an excursion to an old olive press, then a stop at a winery and finally lunch at a small cafe on the coast. Overall we were very impressed with how clean and colorfull everything was.
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One of the many small marinas.
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One of the many small marinas.

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  • To get to port in Dubrovnik, Croatia the boat had to pass through some narrow staights. Here are some of the pictures.
  • While we were coming in a small cruise boat was coming out.
  • While we were coming in a small cruise boat was coming out.
  • The coast has all of these small islands. They say Croatia has over 1,000 islands like this.
  • They are all going out at the same time.
  • The view from our balcony. The ship doesn't use standard propellers and rudders but uses Azipods. These are large electric motors that are in pods below boat and can be turned 360 degree for direction control. Here you can see the engines are turned hard to Port, to allow the ship to make a tight turn.
  • There are many resorts dotting the coastline.
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  • One of the many small marinas.
  • View from the tour bus looking back over where our ship came in this morning.
  • The country side was covered with beautiful flowers where ever you looked.
  • The tour was to an old style olive mill. This is the owner of the house and mill as he is getting ready to give his presentation.
  • The old mill was driven by a one 'horse power' engine.
  • This is the old press that was hand operated.
  • The ground up olive 'mash' from the milling wheel would be put into the basket below.
  • They layer the 'mash' in the backets.
  • Then they manually work the press.
  • More manual work.
  • Background on when the olives are picked and pressed.
  • Looking out at one of the gardens around the house.
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