I want to show you something.
Hello, and welcome to beautiful Dubrovnik. So on this trip we're going to be
teaching you some new vocabulary words . But not only that, we're also going to be showing them to you.
These words are going to be pretty random
because they're not going to be specifically going to be about Dubrovnik
but rather about our trip in general. Enjoy!
Here is a map of Dubrovnik. And part of Dubrovnik right here is a peninsula.
And a peninsula is just a part of land that is surrounded by water
on three different sides.
Even if we looks at Old Town, it's kind of like a mini-peninsula.
as it's surrounded by water on three sides as well.
You have everything? Are you sure?
No.
Because you're infamous for forgetting stuff.
You're infamous for forgetting...
Now, we're going to go explore a little bit of Old Town.
So Ioana is working on her career as an amateur photographer.
This right here is a called an alley.
So it's basically a narrow pathway, usually for people walking
that is in between two buildings or even behind a building.
There are so many different alleys in Dubrovnik. Like this one!
It's so easy to get lost and turned around in here. But so much fun as well.
These are called love locks. I guess people will write their names on them
and then lock them up on these gates for their eternal love.
Why do people do it?
They do it to show that once they lock it their love is...that they're locked together in love.
Forever. Or as long as these locks are on the fence, I guess.
So what they've done is engraved their names into these locks.
and "engraved" just means to write something onto a hard surface.
Like a lock such as this.
So this would be like something that's written on there. This is engraved.
Not all of these are engraved, but a lot of them are.
This one looks like it belongs a gym locker.
Here's a good example of one. It's engraved. Eva and Kieran, good job!
We are now getting ready to walk from here...up to there.
And this right behind me is a cable car.
It is a type of transportation that will take people
up and down mountains, and it is attached to a cable.
Now, we're in the process of walking up the mountain
Perhaps foolishly we decided not to take the cable car.
Krizni put walking trail.
Nice!
So, we made it to the top. It's a nice climb...a few hundred meters. But it was straight up.
So we thought we were going to do this without the cable car,
but then as we were walking up, this really nice couple gave us tickets
to use the cable car to go back down.
So we're going to check it out, and show you guys the view.
So that worked out really well. Big thank you to the kindness of strangers.
So just behind me is Old Town in Dubrovnik, and this is the most historical part of the city.
And a long time ago, these walls were built that fortified the city.
And fortified, it means just to protect. And you hear it as an adjective
talking about like fortified fences or fortified walls, which is what these were.
How else is the town fortified?
Well, it includes three forts, sixteen towers, six bastions, two corner fortifications, and two citadels.
So...a lot.
We are really high up here. Let me show you.
She's stuck.
Because at some point, in like the 16th century...I think. There was an earthquake
and the city almost fell to the ground. And then.
They had to rebuild it. In the 16th century, it was like really big.
and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
We're very well informed on this...this trip.
We are. It's just a really long history.
I got to say, we are pretty impressed with the City Walls.
It's taken us about three hours...two or three hours to walk around it.
You can feel the history.
Today, we are going to be going...there.
So you can see behind me, it's a little cloudy this morning.
So if we wanted to describe the weather, we'd say it is a bit overcast outside.
And overcast just means that it is...like it is. It's cloudy. It might rain. It might not rain.
But the good news is...is that it's not going to stay like this all day. But right now, it's overcast.
Can we get a roundtrip? - Yes - How much is it?
Thank you.
Alright, we got our tickets.
Here's the boat.
We're on our way!
We made it to the island. The weather is still a bit overcast
as you can see. But...you know. That's okay. At least it's not raining.
This is...
I don't know what this is.
We found it. We're at nineteen.
The Chapel of Annunciation.
So the island is full of these peacocks.
So this is a peacock. It's kind of like a turkey but way more colorful.
And usually males are more colorful than females.
Do you really know this? Or are you just making that up?
I think so. Usually males are more colorful than females in many species.
So...it's the same with the peacock.
They're peaceful...I guess.
Well, he's getting really close though.
He's so pretty.
Grab him!
Get him! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Apparently, there is no smoking of pipes on this island.
We are going to Fort Royal.
We got a nice little 360 view of the island.
Thanks for watching! We hope you enjoyed our trip to Durbrovnik.
Hopefully you learned some new vocabulary words.
Now, it's time to practice. Take one of the words from the video and use it in a sentence
in the comments below. If you don't remember the meaning of the words, just rewatch the video.
Goodbye! We'll see you next time.
In case you didn't know, Ioana is a huge cat person.
Uh oh!
It's going to attack.
No he won't.
What's it mean...it's showing his butt to you? What does that mean when cats do that?
That they like it.