Babin Kuk is the fat part of the end of the peninsula that Dubrovnik occupies – the name means “Grandmother’s Elbow”. Stina runs there periodically, and today was such a gorgeous day that we walked part of her route (about 4 miles) to see the sights.

We rode to Lapad on the bus, and then walked down the promenade. It was pretty deserted compared to the same area in September when we were there with Doug. No ice cream or carnival rides…

Along the way, as you might expect, we saw many cats:

Rather more surprisingly, we saw a lot of flowers blooming:

We stopped to sit on the beach in the sun – not often you can do that in the Northern Hemisphere on December 1st:

Then walked back towards Lapad along the harbor:

The walk afforded great views of the Franjo Tuđman Bridge, which spans the river that feeds into the harbor. Franjo Tuđman was the first president of Croatia, and is a somewhat controversial historical figure. He led the country to independence from Yugoslavia and is seen by many as a hero, but also had issues with human rights violations, war crimes, and accusations of a secret deal with Slobodan Milošević to divide up Bosnia & Herzegovina between Croatia and Serbia. Had he lived longer, he would have been tried for war crimes from the war in Bosnia.