Our First Time In CROATIA 🇭🇷 This Country Is Incredibly Beautiful!

Our First Time In CROATIA 🇭🇷 This Country Is Incredibly Beautiful!

how does it look it’s so beautiful the water is so 
blue and clear wow oh my goodness and you can see the Old Town from here which is amazing the Old 
Town of Dubrovnik yeah should we go down there we should go down there and test the water test 
the sea test the sea water so we are now in Banje Beach in Dubrovnik Croatia it’s our first time 
here by the way checking another country off our list it says Banje Beach the place to be the place 
to be all right cuz look at that everybody is here having the same idea i think this is already low 
season it’s not that packed yeah considering it is like the most popular beach outside the old town 
not a lot of spots left i’m not used to a rocky beach cuz where we live in Koh Samui in Thailand 
it’s a sand beach but it’s so interesting cuz it’s all pebbles yeah and they’re big but good thing we 
wore Crocs so we can wear them into the water too i think it’s going to be super cold what’s the 
name of this ocean again this is the Adriatic Sea oh it’s so cold it’s like an ice bath oh my god 
how are people in there right now oh my god you going to do it we’re going to do it you want to go 
first people watching now waiting to see are these two going to chicken out or are they actually 
going to do it just slowly dip your body in there it’s very misleading actually the beach 
the sunshine everyone laying here like it’s really warm that’s why they all on the beach 
only like five people in the water right now how do you feel it’s really cold but you did 
it whoa good for you oh my god not bad right it’s not that bad it’s not that bad once you’re 
in there oh god but swimming in here is another story i don’t think I can swim in here cuz 
of all the distracting jellyfish pieces yeah look at them and they have a brown head look 
maybe it’s not a jellyfish let’s try to look it up what these things are people don’t 
seem to be scared i think it’s jellyfish final dip for good luck okay let’s do it 
three two one welcome to the Dubrovnik so after some research here those jelly looking 
fish things are actually harmless they’re not even jellyfish they’re called salps S A L 
P S and we’ve never heard of them before they are basically like barrel-shaped they are a 
gelatinous sea creature that drift in chains or individually and they are a type of zoo plankton 
and fish and turtles and stuff eat them oh okay so they don’t have any toxins they don’t sting you 
they’re harmless they’re just weird looking and it’s very common to find it in the Adriatic Sea 
i feel better now i would get back in there and surprisingly sitting on rocks you feel clean 
you aren’t full of sand yeah sand doesn’t go to places where you don’t want them to go overall 
I think it’s a very nice beach easy to get to and the water is so clear and clean and when you see 
people kayaking you only see the shadow so it’s like they’re floating mhm it’s pretty amazing i 
checked how much the kayaks cost too i think it was like €35 an hour €35 yeah it’s quite expensive 
but I’m sure it’s like beautiful but this is nice I enjoy this even like the loungers are expensive 
too i think it’s like €25 something for a chair it’s like €5 for a towel so make sure to like 
bring everything you need when you go to a beach that’s one thing we noticed about Dubrovnik 
early on is that prices are a bit more like tourist prices yeah like double we got coffee 
and it was what €4-€5 yeah pretty expensive we chose to come to the old town on a Tuesday 
hoping that it will be less crowded but how come there’s more people it’s so crowded today 
well the amount of people it just shows how popular Dubrovnik is as a tourist attraction i 
mean it makes sense though you have this crazy old town and you have beautiful sea views and 
apparently really delicious seafood as well that’s what we’re going to go and eat for 
lunch we have a place in mind so we have to go through this gate first and it’s free to enter 
the old town yeah i I saw these passes all around called Dubrovnik Pass for €40 so initially we 
thought you have to pay to enter the Old Town so it’s good to know that it’s actually free to 
walk in and explore around the Old Town but for you to enter some of the attractions and also to 
walk the walls on top that overlook the Old Town then you have to buy the pass or pay €40 which 
we will do later this is so beautiful isn’t it it doesn’t feel real like all the buildings 
all the the people yeah even the people it’s like are they paid actors it just doesn’t 
feel like a real town cuz it’s so beautiful but you do see all the shops they are Game 
of Thrones official stores because this was a filming location for Game of Thrones Dubrovnik 
is like King’s Landing but I think there’s still so much to appreciate about Dubrovnik 
even if you’re not a fan of Game of Thrones almost there this is beautiful i wonder if a 
lot of people living here are residents still or for example this one it’s an Airbnb probably or 
apartment or something good thing we are living outside of town imagine having to carry a suitcase 
up to an apartment like this yeah ours is pretty easy right in front of a bus stop too yeah I think 
if you come here maybe look at places outside of town cuz it’s quite convenient to even walk or 
hop on the bus but living here you do get to enjoy the old town probably without the tourists 
when everyone leaves you can like walk down and enjoy it all to yourself almost there real quick 
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or domain now let’s get back to the video it should be on on the left this one here Lady Pi 
Pi or Lady Pi Pi not sure oh that’s so beautiful wow okay so we’ll go with the seafood platter for 
two that’s the best option yeah you’re by the sea so it makes sense yes are you grilling them right 
here yeah not me but my friend is it okay if i go have a look of course when he brings it out you 
can go take a look thank you so much thank you this is amazing i think that should be enough 
food for us yeah I think that’s good i was thinking is it going to be small for two but no 
we have four huge prawns we have fish here two fillets we have the octopus i think that’s squid 
tiny squid and then two pieces of tuna and then the boiled vegetables and the thing is they are 
famous here for everything that is char grilled whether it’s seafood or whether 
it’s meat because it’s all done on this charcoal grill just on top of us 
and we could smell how amazing that was smells fresh there’s there’s a friend coming 
over there well that’s another thing we really like about Dubrovnik 
hi he probably smelled the fish and the seafood hey you said fresh fish 
well well what about the fresh fish we did a good job we destroyed his platter 
way too quickly it’s so good last bite cheers that’s the wall we’re going to go later looks 
epic and look at the lineup here they are lining up for gelato should we get some gelato down 
here i think we should we should almost every video we are having gelato so let’s keep that 
streak going and have another one Peppino’s gelato our friends who we spent a couple of days 
in Dubrovnik with Ying and Marc which have their own channel called The Lost Dew they recommended 
this gelato place as well they said it is the best in Dubrovnik they seem to be very confident 
best gelato in Dubrovnik there we said it this is the best it always brightens up 
our day when we have a gelato but this chocolate one of the best chocolates 
I’ve had it’s like really creamy and silky how’s your your vegan forest berry 
yeah it’s perfect it’s mix of berries gelato it’s perfect to evoke your summer 
memories that sounds like probably what they wrote yeah that’s what their slogan is that’s 
why I chose it and these ones were €3.50 each which is not too bad for a touristy place a very 
touristy destination and a big scoop oh so good it melts too quickly wow look at this harbor 
look at those two they have the same idea as us get an ice cream and walk down to the harbor 
let’s go find a spot where we can enjoy these I think we found it the perfect spot 
if I were to live here I would get a small boat like that guy get a fishing 
rod and just gone fishing every day be out on the sea and look back at 
all the tourists looking at him so this is a pretty neat spot it’s just 
right outside the city walls and you see a lot of people just sitting around even 
sunbathing or enjoying their gelato just enjoying the views of the sea and also of 
Lokrum Island which is a very popular day trip from Dubrovnik you just hop on a ferry 
and you go there and I think it’s about €30 this is Rector’s Palace looks so 
beautiful from the outside it is supposed to be the most beautiful 
building in all of the Old Town this opening hallway is so beautiful look at this 
look at the railing it’s like stone carved into a hand holding it so to actually understand a 
bit more about why this Rector’s Palace is so important you have to go back a little bit 
back in time to like the 1300s to the early 1800s when Dubrovnik was actually the Republic 
of Ragusa they had their own fleets military they were a trading hub they were wealthy they 
were rich they had their own government and at the time this was the Rector’s Palace Rector is 
almost like a prime minister like a president but they only held power for a month at a time 
to prevent corruption so a new Rector comes in here to the palace they stay here for a month 
they do all the law stuff that they need to do the management of the place but they cannot 
leave until after their term of 1 month can’t even see their families or whatever so they 
do their job for a month they leave another guy comes in here do their job for a month it is 
very interesting yeah and are they elected so do they have an election every month i’m not sure 
how they’re are chosen that’s a good question but this is their home for a month which is 
amazing i don’t mind living here for a month thank you thank you we made it in time yeah it’s 5pm 
we have about an hour and a half on the wall and it’s 2 km to walk the 
whole thing let’s see if we can do it my legs are burning oh wow yay we made it oh my 
god we made it now just that was a steep climb but beautiful up here now we just have to go around 
it 2 km i think Dubrovnik is a very walkable place except for all the stairs it’s a bit of a 
challenge but it’s still very walkable no cars and actually not that big of an old town so you 
can walk on the walls all the way around the city to the top and above that is where the cable car 
ends you can actually take a cable car up there but it’s quite expensive was it €27 return trip 
per person yeah yeah it’s a short ride i mean you can hike up too i think it’s about an hour but 
we’ve experienced the steepness of the climbs It should be a bit challenging no this is high enough 
for the view I think we would just love to enjoy the view with the sunset from here you know what 
is surprising doesn’t it smell like jasmine can you smell it mhm those are all jasmine trees babe 
it smells so pretty so beautiful it’s like you’re in a fairy land jasmine and also orange trees 
and the oranges are so bright orange yeah and of course the cats add to the fairy land for us 
there’s a special reason why there are so many cats around a lot of these port cities because 
when these were old trading hubs lots of ships come in the cats were used to chase away the 
mice and the rats so they allowed a lot of cats to stay around these port cities to do their jobs 
and then they’re also part of the community and that’s why you still see a lot of cats around 
Dubrovnik so cats are very important for the economy it is it is Dubrovnik is the Dubrovnik it 
is today because of the cats who did their jobs we have traveled to so many cities in the 
world and Dubrovnik for me is one of the most beautiful cities i agree you have a little 
bit of everything i mean you even have beaches here only if it’s a little more affordable i 
would have loved to stay here for a month oh the breeze is nice this part is scary 
it’s narrow and it’s just a huge drop i don’t know how people can 
cliff jump it’s so scary oh gray is quite cute isn’t it yeah how did 
you get on the wall do you have a pass did you buy a day pass or you have a monthly pass his 
ancestors gave him the opportunity to stay here as we’re walking along the walls here we can 
notice that a lot of the roofs are different colors you can tell some are really old some are 
quite new and even along the wall they’re doing minor construction to fix parts of the stones 
here and I think this is part of the history of Dubrovnik because they’ve been through a 
lot this old town has been through so much has been through a huge earthquake at one point 
that destroyed a lot of the old city but also they had a war of independence back in like 1991 to 
1995 where they were breaking away from Yugoslavia and that war during that time destroyed over 70% 
of the old town but they have since rebuilt it stone by stone and it looks like this beautiful 
town that we see now looks new looks polished yeah they put a lot of care into this place and 
it actually was a UNESCO heritage site since 1979 but even though it was a UNESCO heritage site it 
was still bombed unfortunately during that time i love this city can spend hours up here this is amazing what an epic start we 
actually got onto the wall at a good time around 5:00pm so by the time we kept 
walking this is about 6:30pm now we’re at the last stretch so nobody’s going to check 
our tickets anymore perfect timing I say i think if you come to Dubrovnik you have to walk 
the wall yes this is the highlight for sure you can walk the old town first and enjoy you know 
seeing all the streets and all the stalls and all the atmosphere down there but it’s extra 
special to be walking the walls and seeing all of that and seeing the sea views mhm first 
impressions of Croatia have been pretty amazing like Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful 
cities for sure that I’ve ever visited as always thank you so much for watching and 
we will see you in the next one bye-bye bye

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Our first time in Croatia and we’re starting in the stunning city of Dubrovnik! With warm weather, sparkling waters, and medieval charm, it didn’t take long for us to fall in love. We take our first dip in the Adriatic Sea, wander along the iconic Old Town Walls, and soak in the incredible views that make this city one of Europe’s most talked-about destinations. Join us as we share our first impressions of Dubrovnik — a Balkan gem that truly lives up to the hype!

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📍Banje Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qntdc5gdJyTgSPeR8
📍Dubrovnik Old Town (Pile Gate): https://maps.app.goo.gl/2T3t5fhsQLeNXXKV9
📍Lady Pi-Pi: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vbfwV7CTMQaZ6Qyz7
📍Peppino’s Gelato Garden: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xQpJKTAQCtEAcCAW7
📍Rector’s Palace: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AF2QGRofR8H7NZDV8
📍Walls of Dubrovnik: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HJDNnqMquAa4iHvx7

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Video Breakdown by Chapters:
00:00 First dip in the Adriatic Sea!
05:07 Incredibly beautiful Old Town
08:38 Seafood and gelato? Yes please!
13:40 A little history about the Palace
15:41 The highlight of Dubrovnik

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