Meanwhile, in King’s Landing
The Game of Thrones King’s Landing scenes have been filmed in Dubrovnik since Season 2.
The show filmed here last September, and is currently filming parts of Season 6 in Ireland, so I didn’t get to see them this time. But I SAW SOME OF THE SPOTS THEY FILMED AT IN THE PAST!☺️
This is from the last episode of last season… and one of the most shocking scenes from the show…
Cersei’s Walk of Atonement – this is one of the most unforgettable TV scenes😁
it looks a little different, standing on the steps at night w/ laundry hanging and patio cafes😄
Varys being sneaky…
Tyrion and Varys on the wall of Fort Bokar, w/Lovrijenac in background (and they added two CGI towers)
at fort bokar, looking at lovrijenac… Peter Dinklage was standing where the cannon is
Quite a few scenes filmed on / in Fortress Lovrijenac…
fortress lovrijenac wall
This scene where the townspeople are protesting was on the steps of the Dominican Monastery…
man protesting
steps at the dominican monastery
There are various shots of Blackwater Bay throughout the series…
blackwater bay
the cove between Lovrijenac and Bokar, just outside of Old Town (not called blackwater bay😂)
KHALEESI! I STOOD WHERE KHALEESI STOOD!!!😍
Khaleesi, at the House of the Undying
minceta tower – she was on the lower level wall in that scene
The Iron Throne…… I guess HBO donated the one and only original throne to the city of Dubrovnik last year. They didn’t show the throne in Season 5, I don’t think, so I don’t know if they will replace it with something else? Not sure the plan. But today, the throne sits in Dubrovnik on a side street that leads up to Ploce Gate. You have to buy something from the shop in order to take pictures in the throne (seriously😐), and the cheapest thing is $4.44. But, I needed to sit in that chair.
*********Please note, world’s worst photographer is snapping the photos, and the world’s worst picture-poser is sitting in the chair.
This is the best one… blurry:/ SWORD WAS HEAVY!
In the next picture, the photographer told me to pose like this:
Ned Stark, lookin’ all hard
Turned out like this:
Hmmmm… looks almost exactly the same, No?
Game of Thrones, Westeros, Capital of the Seven Kingdoms, the Crownlands, King’s Landing…. CAN’T WAIT FOR SEASON 6 ON APRIL 24th!!!
More pictures of Dubrovnik, from above, below, and at night…
old city from cable car entrance
pano from hill
harbour
view
islands
from mount spdj
stations of the cross
lapad peninsula
stations of the cross on the switchbacks
alpine trail
minceta tower
old harbour
neighborhood
pano of old city
pano
walking through a neighborhood
steps around houses
old city street at night
Collegium Ragusinum
restaurant at night
archway into the harbour area
❤️port and walls of old city
brsalje square and fountain, outside of old city
❤️orlando sculpture, in front of St Blaise’s Church
Lazareti art workshop
outside the walls
Puca – my favorite street, with standard signage below
street
restaurant
Big Onofrio’s Fountain
My Dearest Dubrovnik, can I stay here forever? Love, Steph
harbour in old town
Beauuutiful! If Game of Thrones, the blue-blue water and history aren’t enough to get you to visit, then consider this: the nation-state of Dubrovnik (or Republic of Ragusa) was the first nation/republic to officially recognize America’s independence in 1776 (they’re very proud of this👍🏼😍)!
Next up: Montenegro (Monte-whaaaaaat?)
Terracotta, Towers, Texas and Titillation
The Pearl of the Adriatic!! Dubrovnik😍
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.
bokar fort and fortress lovrijenac
Be still my beating heart. This part of the sea reminds me of Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP in Big Sur (one of my all-time best places evar)😍.
towers
It doesn’t hurt that it’s been 65* and sunny every day so far😊. Also, it’s not yet high tourist season, so there aren’t crowds. I think I’m here at the perfect time!!
city harbour
The basics: Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th Century, and it gets it’s name from the forest of oak trees that once grew on Mount Srdj on the hillside above (‘dubrava’ = ‘oak’). There are three land gates that leave the Old City – Pile, Ploce, and Buza. Pile is the main gate now, and it is a two minute walk from my apartment I’m renting:) There are no cars allowed inside the Old City (it would be impossible to drive one inside anyway). Of course, there are endless standards regarding how the buildings can look, their color, etc., to preserve the cultural integrity. The town is very small, so you can walk up and down every single street in probably less than an hour. The city wall is 1.2 miles long, and it took me over two hours to walk it because I kept stopping to take pictures, take it all in, etc.☺️ Dubrovnik is part of Dalmatia, one of Croatia’s ‘historical regions’ (this means it is designated for historical purposes only, nothing to do with government). It’s on the Adriatic Sea, which, along with the Ionian, connects to the Mediterranean. The main street is Stradun Street..
stradun
stradun from above
This place is absolutely amazing. I think when J.J. Watt proposes to me, I would like it to happen here.
I’m renting an apartment in a building that was built in 1676 (nine years after the earthquake that killed 5,000 people). It’s a lovely third floor pre-war walk-up with no doorman and a live-in Super😂. Some pictures of my hooch while I’m here…
view out my window
northern view out my window😍
my street!
apartment kitchen
my street:)
Here are some other places of the Old City…
little church of st. nicholas (sveti nikola)
bell tower in distance
ploce gate
street
sponza palace
church of the holy annunciation
no pictures allowed inside? “Do the right thing, even when no one is watching.“
ceiling
I had a chat with one of the ticket-checkers on the City Wall. He was an older, Dubrovnik-born man, and he was very talkative😂. When I told him I was from Texas, he said, “Ooohhhh, Sheldon Cooper!” And I thought to myself, “Well, I don’t watch that show, but I know what he means… I guess The Big Bang Theory is popular here.” Then he told me about the last people from Texas he talked to in Dubrovnik. He said that there was a large Texan man who came to him on the wall, and he was trying to check the ticket of the Texan dude, but the Texan dude didn’t have his ticket because he left it with his wife, and he didn’t want to walk back to her to get the ticket (umm, maybe 1/4 of a mile). So the Texan guy argued with him about it, and when the ticket-checker just would not let him pass, the Texan guy told him he was, “being a Sheldon Cooper“.
So, first of all, what a stupid thing to say to a nice older, older man just doing his job. Secondly, ticket-checker guy didn’t know who Sheldon Cooper was at the time. He told me that he thought Sheldon Cooper must be some kind of American politician who no one likes😂. So, when he got home, he googled “Sheldon Cooper”, and he discovered what it meant😂 (and, subsequently, that Sheldon is from Texas).
I think this is a perfect story to illustrate the differences in people’s perspectives… the Texan guy left that encounter with feelings of hostililty and frustration, and also having lightly insulted a sweet geriatric man. The ticket-checker brushed-his-shouldas-off, now understands more about American culture, and he uses it to connect with other people. Score a point for the world’s ticket-checkers and rule-followers who realize what’s important in this life☺️!
I am inspired. Makes me think of something Brene Brown wrote:
We invite compassion into our lives when we act compassionately toward ourselves and others, and we feel connected in our lives when we reach out and connect. 💛
Sheldon Cooper
Next up: More of the Capital of the Seven Kingdoms
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