Dubrovnik- Day 2

Never take shelter in a tunnel when it is raining!!!!
This morning we set off with the best of inyentions- to see all the sites in Dubrovnik that we had missed yesterday. Things started off fine- a walk over and up to Fort Lovrjenac- a stone fortress outside of the old city walls which is, apparently used in the filming of Game of Thrones. Then a trip by cablecar brought us to the top of Srj mountain and the old napoleonic fortress. Inside the fortress, a display of photos and memorabilia from the 1991/2 seige of the city by Serbian and Montenegran military proved a sad and moving history lesson.
 Wanting to get some photos of the city from different viewpoints, we chose to walk down the mountain rather than returning via the cablecar. This proved to be a rather strenuous zig zag over broken rock, pebbles and sand which took much longer than planned due to the rain damage from the massive storm on Monday.
  Thunder cracked loudly overhead and a storm could be seen rolling in from the south before we reached ground level. The rain began just as we reached the edge of the trail, turning quickly into a major downpour forcing us to take shelter under some evergreens for several minutes.
 A mad dash across the road allowed us to seek shelter in and follow the path of a road tunnel leading towards the old town. Approaching the end of the tunnel where another couple was also sheltering, we heard a squeeling of brakes and looked back to see a mini-van slide out of control before jumping the kerb and smashing into the tunnel wall. We checked that the driver was OK then made a further series of dashes towards the old town, ducking into shelter where we could. Arriving on the mainstreet almost totally soaked, we purchased an umbrella (for next time!) then a quick meal before hopping a bus back to the hotel.
  With any plans to see the rest of the city totally kaiboched by the continuing rain, Dubrovnik is clearly on the radar for another visit in a year or two.
 A 7:15 departure this morning left us, little time to dry our clothing before catching a public bus to Split for our boat ride to the island of Hvar.