Walking the Wall Above Old Dubrovnik
Grand Hotel Park, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Today some of us ventured back in Dubrovnik and walked around the wall encompassing the old town. It takes a good couple of hours when you add in stopping for pictures, and the weather was great.
Update, in response to Jeff's question in the comments:
According to our tour guide (and I'm going from memory so don't hold me to it ) and skimming Wikipedia, it was founded in the 7th century and eventually came under the control of Venice. The Venetians left to go conquer someone else, and when they returned they weren't invited back in the city.
It has always done a good job of holding its own in conflict, but in the war back in the '90s the Serbs bombed the crap out of it for no real reason.
It's also my understanding that the path I hiked up the other day is there because it was used by the citizens of Dubrovnik to take supplies up to the soldiers fighting at the top of the hill, where the big cross is. They were severely outmanned, and many, many lives were lost.
