Hello everyone! We're having an awesome time on our vacation! We began our trip by purchasing a European mini-van for $500. It won't go over 100 kmh, which is about 60 mph, but most of the roads we will be traveling are slow, windy things anyway. It is truely a Naples car, which means it looks like crap! I think every single green panel is dented in some way, but we think it will run ok, and it was the right price!

We drove from Naples, on the west side of Italy, over to Bari, which is on the East side by the Adriatic. Here we caught a ferry at 10:00 pm that sailed for the town of Dubrovnik, Croatia. We arrived at 7 am the next morning. There's so much we've been learning and we've been busy with the camera! Here's some pictures for you guys so you can see what we've been up to.

Dubrovnic is a beautiful small town. Of course, everything now seems small compared to Naples! In the center of the town there is an old section which dates to the middle ages. It has been remarkably well preserved, and was renovated after a war there damaged many of the buildings. At the entrance of the old city there is a map which documents the damage from the bombings. All of the buildings have been restored to their original state, and you can see the contrast between the new roofs on the buildings as compared to the old ones. The main street of town is beautiful, and paved with a gorgous stone of some type (which looks new to me.)

Some cute pictures by a fountain:

And the local neighborhood dog! : )

The city still has the complete walls, which is a big tourist attraction to walk all the way around. However, 4 adults and 3 kids prices later, we decided that we could look up at the walls with just as much enjoyment!

Here's the pics by the coast.

Here's paul chasing the pigions, something we've discovered is one of his favorite things to do!

Here's the view going out of Dubrovnic to Bosnia

This is the castle wall around the old city of Dubrovnic. It was amazing, we didn't go on the wall because it was very expensive, but we still had a fun time walking right next to it and all through the city, it was very beautiful.

We stopped by a restaurant with a beautiful view right next to the ocean, it was really nice.

We bought some beautiful linen table cloths from the cutest old lady, as you can see. We had to take a picture of her and her work.

We love you all and will talk to you later!!