I’m on the OAT Adriatic tour; we settled into the first home base in Dubrovnik tonight. Thirteen of us including the trip leader.
Temperatures are 15+ degrees higher than average in these parts. We’ve been wheedled about conserving resources and using our own water bottle. I’m overreacting to recent threads here on the forum about fashion and appearance by not packing anything in the colour black, other than socks (to go with my sandals).
Our first big overview meeting is in seven hours, and I got two hours sleep at most on the flight over here, yet here I am pecking at my tablet instead of sleeping.
The passenger jetways in ZRH are all clear glass. Waiting to board while everyone stows their stuff and gets out of the aisle is a geneva convention violation, I’m certain. I dress business casual on transit days, and I had to ask a Croat basketball player to let me hide in her shadow from the magnified rays of sunshine saunafying the jetway.
Even after watching a few videos about the not-Schengen to Schengen connection procedure for ZRH it was still a stroke of luck that I made it to the gate in time. It was not clear what to do and how to do it based on the signage. Two other tour members on the same flight told me at dinner that they didn’t even try, just asked someone to show them what to do. Why did I not think of that?
The ride in from the airport is already quite scenic. Driver spoke no English or French but some German, so his advice about walkable dining recommendations was hard to understand. The tour leader will distribute transit and museum passes for us in the morning. The old city walls are on our own time, not part of the local guides walk. They’re prolly fed up with the crowds plus the heat. I’m thinking I’ll save it for sunset later in the week.
More action reporting to come.